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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Thallium-194m

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  Tl-194m
Atomic number (Z):  81
Mass number (A):  194
Neutron number (N):  113

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  β+, Electron capture
Half-life:  32.8 [m]
Decay constant:  3.5221e-04 [1/s]
Daughters:  Hg-194 (100.0%)
Radioactive daughters:  Hg-194

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  0.30367 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  2.52177 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ109.630e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair1.028e-16 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp4.865e-14 [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-4.865e-14 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp4.040e-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/Tl-194m 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/Tl-194m 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/Tl-194m 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/Tl-194m Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

1.47060e-05

1.989e+01

X-ray

2.22424e-03

6.489e-02

X-ray

8.75019e-03

1.178e-02

X-ray

9.89221e-03

2.056e-02

X-ray

9.98619e-03

1.811e-01

X-ray

1.18592e-02

1.448e-01

X-ray

1.19286e-02

3.418e-02

X-ray

1.38758e-02

2.892e-02

X-ray

6.90989e-02

2.545e-01

X-ray

7.10661e-02

4.313e-01

X-ray

8.00792e-02

4.764e-02

X-ray

8.05161e-02

9.221e-02

X-ray

8.26796e-02

1.123e-02

X-ray

8.27860e-02

2.200e-02

X-ray

9.69000e-02

7.600e-02

Gamma

1.10960e-01

6.308e-02

Gamma

2.08900e-01

6.080e-02

Gamma

2.27980e-01

6.536e-02

Gamma

2.33100e-01

2.052e-02

Gamma

2.55400e-01

9.120e-02

Gamma

2.84000e-01

1.824e-02

Gamma

2.98100e-01

2.052e-02

Gamma

3.19800e-01

3.876e-02

Gamma

3.52200e-01

1.672e-02

Gamma

3.66500e-01

1.748e-02

Gamma

3.80500e-01

1.368e-02

Gamma

4.28200e-01

9.880e-01

Gamma

4.46500e-01

2.812e-02

Gamma

4.51000e-01

4.940e-02

Gamma

4.62500e-01

4.560e-02

Gamma

4.64500e-01

2.280e-02

Gamma

5.10900e-01

8.360e-02

Gamma

5.11000e-01

3.343e-01

Annihilation photon

5.53200e-01

4.560e-02

Gamma

6.00500e-01

1.672e-02

Gamma

6.36300e-01

9.880e-01

Gamma

6.50300e-01

6.840e-02

Gamma

6.64200e-01

1.140e-02

Gamma

7.02200e-01

1.216e-02

Gamma

7.11000e-01

1.292e-02

Gamma

7.19800e-01

1.368e-02

Gamma

7.35000e-01

2.204e-01

Gamma

7.49000e-01

7.600e-01

Gamma

1.55030e+00

1.748e-02

Gamma

9.87608e-01

2.224e-02

Positron

1.02722e+00

1.516e-02

Positron

1.13246e+00

1.718e-02

Positron

1.23443e+00

7.075e-02

Positron

1.28417e+00

2.729e-02

Positron

4.20514e-05

4.503e+00

Auger electron

6.99376e-05

6.587e+00

Auger electron

1.74851e-04

3.474e+00

Auger electron

4.18130e-04

7.333e-01

Auger electron

9.13696e-04

1.909e-01

Auger electron

1.81038e-03

1.781e+00

Auger electron

2.04422e-03

1.973e-01

Auger electron

7.70415e-03

5.377e-01

Auger electron

9.91521e-03

2.301e-01

Auger electron

1.21544e-02

2.377e-02

Auger electron

1.35470e-02

4.678e-02

Conversion electron

1.55470e-02

4.287e-02

Conversion electron

2.76070e-02

1.655e-02

Conversion electron

5.57212e-02

2.260e-02

Auger electron

6.69357e-02

1.223e-02

Auger electron

8.26460e-02

1.765e-01

Conversion electron

8.46130e-02

1.465e-01

Conversion electron

9.40631e-02

8.693e-02

Conversion electron

9.69000e-02

2.592e-02

Conversion electron

1.44627e-01

2.254e-02

Conversion electron

1.72047e-01

2.639e-02

Conversion electron

3.44847e-01

2.734e-02

Conversion electron

5.52947e-01

1.176e-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

 

 

 

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