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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Thallium-195

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  Tl-195
Atomic number (Z):  81
Mass number (A):  195
Neutron number (N):  114

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  β+, Electron capture
Half-life:  1.16 [h]
Decay constant:  1.6598e-04 [1/s]
Daughters:  Hg-195 (99.7%), Hg-195m (0.344%)
Radioactive daughters:  Hg-195, Hg-195m

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  0.07401 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  1.22504 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ105.083e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair5.131e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp1.186e-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-1.186e-14 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp1.963e-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-195 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-195 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-195 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-195 Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

1.47015e-05

2.691e+01

X-ray

2.22245e-03

8.747e-02

X-ray

8.75019e-03

1.505e-02

X-ray

9.89222e-03

2.626e-02

X-ray

9.98621e-03

2.313e-01

X-ray

1.15521e-02

2.092e-02

X-ray

1.18592e-02

1.158e-01

X-ray

1.19286e-02

4.366e-02

X-ray

1.19891e-02

2.371e-02

X-ray

1.38758e-02

2.313e-02

X-ray

3.70900e-02

2.476e-02

Gamma

6.90989e-02

2.434e-01

X-ray

7.10661e-02

4.125e-01

X-ray

8.00792e-02

4.557e-02

X-ray

8.05161e-02

8.818e-02

X-ray

8.26796e-02

1.074e-02

X-ray

8.27860e-02

2.104e-02

X-ray

2.25930e-01

1.281e-02

Gamma

2.42150e-01

4.305e-02

Gamma

2.47300e-01

1.291e-02

Gamma

2.79190e-01

3.748e-02

Gamma

3.00600e-01

2.405e-02

Gamma

5.11000e-01

2.468e-02

Annihilation photon

5.42160e-01

1.050e-02

Gamma

5.58380e-01

2.551e-02

Gamma

5.63520e-01

1.050e-01

Gamma

5.92590e-01

1.197e-02

Gamma

7.77680e-01

1.113e-02

Gamma

8.14680e-01

1.890e-02

Gamma

8.84470e-01

9.975e-02

Gamma

9.21590e-01

2.247e-02

Gamma

9.67460e-01

2.142e-02

Gamma

1.10033e+00

2.341e-02

Gamma

1.12166e+00

2.100e-02

Gamma

1.26951e+00

2.436e-02

Gamma

1.34778e+00

1.166e-02

Gamma

1.36388e+00

8.400e-02

Gamma

1.51162e+00

1.449e-02

Gamma

1.70588e+00

1.491e-02

Gamma

1.97775e+00

1.764e-02

Gamma

4.20471e-05

6.116e+00

Auger electron

7.02602e-05

8.903e+00

Auger electron

1.74734e-04

4.672e+00

Auger electron

4.20101e-04

1.022e+00

Auger electron

7.03828e-04

6.036e-01

Auger electron

1.38400e-03

6.977e-02

Conversion electron

1.80605e-03

2.397e+00

Auger electron

2.03815e-03

2.643e-01

Auger electron

2.39268e-03

1.303e-02

Auger electron

7.67971e-03

6.591e-01

Auger electron

9.89578e-03

2.820e-01

Auger electron

1.21461e-02

2.918e-02

Auger electron

1.33731e-02

1.932e-02

Conversion electron

2.22640e-02

4.730e-01

Conversion electron

2.28360e-02

5.172e-02

Conversion electron

2.48030e-02

1.053e-02

Conversion electron

3.42531e-02

1.253e-01

Conversion electron

3.70900e-02

3.927e-02

Conversion electron

5.57212e-02

2.161e-02

Auger electron

6.69357e-02

1.170e-02

Auger electron

1.58797e-01

2.124e-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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