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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Tellurium-115m

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  Te-115m
Atomic number (Z):  52
Mass number (A):  115
Neutron number (N):  63

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  β+, Electron capture
Half-life:  6.7 [m]
Decay constant:  1.7242e-03 [1/s]
Daughters:  Sb-115 (100.0%)
Radioactive daughters:  Sb-115

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  0.69388 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  2.60412 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ107.021e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair9.247e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp1.112e-13 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for alphas, Δα0.000e+00 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for betas/electrons, Δβ-,β+,e-1.112e-13 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp4.172e-13 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]

Dose point kernels (plot)

Dose point kernel source:  Graves, et al. Medical Physics. 2019 Nov.; 46(11):5284-5293.

Note: Bins are spaced every 0.1 mm until a radius of 10 cm, and every 1 mm until a radius of 2 m.

Download tabulated dose point kernel file here:  www.mirdsoft.org/products/MIRDspecs/Te-115m DPK.csv

Summary spectra (plot)

Spectra source:  ICRP Publication 107: Nuclear Decay Data for Dosimetric Calculations. Ann. ICRP 2008, 38 (3).

Download tabulated summary spectra file here:  www.mirdsoft.org/products/MIRDspecs/Te-115m Summary Spectrum.csv

Beta spectra (plot)

Spectra source:  ICRP Publication 107: Nuclear Decay Data for Dosimetric Calculations. Ann. ICRP 2008, 38 (3).

Download tabulated beta spectra file here:  www.mirdsoft.org/products/MIRDspecs/Te-115m Beta Spectrum.csv

 

Tabulated data

Summary spectra (table)

Spectra source:  ICRP Publication 107: Nuclear Decay Data for Dosimetric Calculations. Ann. ICRP 2008, 38 (3).

Note: Radiations with yield < 0.01 are excluded from the table, but are available in the linked *.csv data.

Download tabulated summary spectra file here:  www.mirdsoft.org/products/MIRDspecs/Te-115m Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

1.22327e-05

5.676e+00

X-ray

3.59266e-03

1.373e-02

X-ray

2.60930e-02

9.202e-02

X-ray

2.63486e-02

1.717e-01

X-ray

2.96698e-02

1.566e-02

X-ray

2.97173e-02

3.037e-02

X-ray

3.03100e-01

2.700e-02

Gamma

4.05900e-01

2.400e-02

Gamma

5.11000e-01

1.150e+00

Annihilation photon

5.48700e-01

3.600e-02

Gamma

5.55700e-01

1.650e-02

Gamma

5.70000e-01

2.100e-02

Gamma

6.10600e-01

3.900e-02

Gamma

6.89400e-01

3.900e-02

Gamma

7.23600e-01

1.800e-01

Gamma

7.70400e-01

3.420e-01

Gamma

7.80500e-01

2.100e-02

Gamma

1.03190e+00

7.800e-02

Gamma

1.07170e+00

1.290e-01

Gamma

1.09870e+00

9.000e-02

Gamma

1.11530e+00

2.100e-02

Gamma

1.14340e+00

1.500e-02

Gamma

1.15570e+00

2.700e-02

Gamma

1.20550e+00

3.300e-02

Gamma

1.27930e+00

1.020e-01

Gamma

1.35080e+00

7.800e-02

Gamma

1.40810e+00

3.300e-02

Gamma

1.49170e+00

3.300e-02

Gamma

1.50410e+00

1.020e-01

Gamma

1.56170e+00

3.600e-02

Gamma

1.65480e+00

6.300e-02

Gamma

1.93600e+00

3.300e-02

Gamma

1.98620e+00

1.260e-02

Gamma

2.10440e+00

8.400e-02

Gamma

2.21530e+00

5.700e-02

Gamma

5.20909e-01

1.327e-02

Positron

5.67107e-01

2.594e-02

Positron

7.66548e-01

3.880e-02

Positron

8.16665e-01

3.268e-02

Positron

8.30278e-01

2.961e-02

Positron

1.09126e+00

4.595e-02

Positron

1.29170e+00

9.068e-02

Positron

1.43239e+00

2.890e-01

Positron

1.68961e-05

2.794e+00

Auger electron

2.73582e-05

9.430e-01

Auger electron

1.22008e-04

3.159e-01

Auger electron

2.83409e-04

5.723e-02

Auger electron

4.22547e-04

7.075e-01

Auger electron

5.04944e-04

2.142e-02

Auger electron

2.96515e-03

2.785e-01

Auger electron

3.51997e-03

7.537e-02

Auger electron

2.17904e-02

3.209e-02

Auger electron

2.54497e-02

1.390e-02

Auger electron

 

Useful Links

Isotope decay characteristics are periodically updated as better measurements can be made - changes that may not be reflected on this page. Please see useful links:

National Nuclear Data Center (NNDC):  https://www.nndc.bnl.gov/nudat3/mird/

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Livechart:  https://www-nds.iaea.org/relnsd/vcharthtml/VChartHTML.html

Reference Links

ICRP Report 107: https://www.icrp.org/publication.asp?id=ICRP%20Publication%20107

Graves et al. Dose Point Kernels: https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.13789

MIRD Decay Schemes 2nd Edition: https://sites.snmmi.org/SNMMI-MAIN/iCore/Store/StoreLayouts/Item_Detail.aspx?iProductCode=0-932004-80-6

 

 

 

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