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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets
Tellurium-116
Summary data
General
Classification
Isotope: Te-116
Atomic number (Z): 52
Mass number (A): 116
Neutron number (N): 64
Radioactive decay
Decay modes: β+, Electron capture
Half-life: 2.49 [h]
Decay constant: 7.7326e-05 [1/s]
Daughters: Sb-116 (100.0%)
Radioactive daughters: Sb-116
Dosimetric constants
Mean alpha energy: 0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy: 0.06178 [MeV]
Mean photon energy: 0.11223 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ10: 1.115e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair: 1.134e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or
electrons), Δwp: 9.898e-15 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for alphas, Δα: 0.000e+00
[Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for betas/electrons, Δβ-,β+,e-:
9.898e-15 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp: 1.798e-14
[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-116 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-116 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-116 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-116 Summary Spectrum.csv
|
Energy [MeV] |
Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01 |
Radiation type |
|
1.22325e-05 |
2.222e+01 |
X-ray |
|
3.59266e-03 |
5.409e-02 |
X-ray |
|
3.83820e-03 |
3.190e-02 |
X-ray |
|
2.60930e-02 |
3.352e-01 |
X-ray |
|
2.63486e-02 |
6.256e-01 |
X-ray |
|
2.96698e-02 |
5.703e-02 |
X-ray |
|
2.97173e-02 |
1.106e-01 |
X-ray |
|
3.03620e-02 |
1.174e-02 |
X-ray |
|
3.03709e-02 |
2.301e-02 |
X-ray |
|
9.37000e-02 |
3.307e-01 |
Gamma |
|
1.03000e-01 |
1.982e-02 |
Gamma |
|
5.11000e-01 |
1.000e-02 |
Annihilation photon |
|
6.28700e-01 |
3.212e-02 |
Gamma |
|
1.68943e-05 |
1.094e+01 |
Auger electron |
|
2.73797e-05 |
3.681e+00 |
Auger electron |
|
1.22372e-04 |
1.232e+00 |
Auger electron |
|
2.76146e-04 |
2.096e-01 |
Auger electron |
|
4.22369e-04 |
2.783e+00 |
Auger electron |
|
5.04266e-04 |
8.413e-02 |
Auger electron |
|
2.96286e-03 |
1.094e+00 |
Auger electron |
|
3.51715e-03 |
2.960e-01 |
Auger electron |
|
4.09177e-03 |
2.033e-02 |
Auger electron |
|
2.17904e-02 |
1.169e-01 |
Auger electron |
|
2.54497e-02 |
5.063e-02 |
Auger electron |
|
6.32210e-02 |
4.759e-01 |
Conversion electron |
|
8.90263e-02 |
4.302e-02 |
Conversion electron |
|
8.93140e-02 |
5.848e-02 |
Conversion electron |
|
8.95695e-02 |
7.042e-02 |
Conversion electron |
|
9.29383e-02 |
3.567e-02 |
Conversion 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
MIRDsoft MIRDspecs version 20250101 (www.mirdsoft.org)
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