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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Thulium-161

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  Tm-161
Atomic number (Z):  69
Mass number (A):  161
Neutron number (N):  92

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  β+, Electron capture
Half-life:  30.2 [m]
Decay constant:  3.8253e-04 [1/s]
Daughters:  Er-161 (100.0%)
Radioactive daughters:  Er-161

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  0.23076 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  1.2992 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ103.964e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair4.523e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp3.697e-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-3.697e-14 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp2.082e-13 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]

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/Tm-161 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/Tm-161 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/Tm-161 Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

1.35594e-05

2.328e+01

X-ray

1.36809e-03

5.525e-02

X-ray

6.15850e-03

1.570e-02

X-ray

6.89240e-03

2.402e-02

X-ray

6.93540e-03

2.122e-01

X-ray

7.72441e-03

1.343e-02

X-ray

7.81980e-03

1.519e-01

X-ray

7.92000e-03

1.827e-02

X-ray

8.17513e-03

3.609e-02

X-ray

9.09455e-03

2.686e-02

X-ray

4.55400e-02

2.500e-01

Gamma

4.82994e-02

5.467e-01

X-ray

4.92265e-02

9.701e-01

X-ray

5.55821e-02

1.010e-01

X-ray

5.57777e-02

1.953e-01

X-ray

5.72170e-02

2.237e-02

X-ray

5.72611e-02

4.329e-02

X-ray

5.75450e-02

1.033e-02

X-ray

5.95100e-02

5.450e-02

Gamma

8.44000e-02

9.450e-02

Gamma

9.43800e-02

1.240e-02

Gamma

9.97600e-02

2.370e-02

Gamma

1.05880e-01

3.400e-02

Gamma

1.12560e-01

3.080e-02

Gamma

1.22550e-01

1.550e-02

Gamma

1.25600e-01

1.580e-02

Gamma

1.28900e-01

2.950e-02

Gamma

1.43920e-01

3.750e-02

Gamma

1.46650e-01

4.820e-02

Gamma

1.53370e-01

3.000e-02

Gamma

1.57800e-01

1.800e-02

Gamma

1.72050e-01

5.130e-02

Gamma

1.90240e-01

3.400e-02

Gamma

2.07120e-01

2.370e-02

Gamma

2.12880e-01

3.170e-02

Gamma

2.15700e-01

1.570e-02

Gamma

2.18100e-01

1.050e-02

Gamma

2.44570e-01

1.100e-02

Gamma

2.52500e-01

1.550e-02

Gamma

2.65460e-01

1.040e-02

Gamma

3.53800e-01

1.300e-02

Gamma

3.69500e-01

1.400e-02

Gamma

3.72600e-01

1.050e-02

Gamma

5.11000e-01

2.887e-01

Annihilation photon

1.64810e+00

1.950e-01

Gamma

1.78800e+00

1.720e-02

Gamma

1.85000e+00

1.650e-02

Gamma

1.85000e+00

1.650e-02

Gamma

9.13593e-01

2.691e-02

Positron

9.35652e-01

2.243e-02

Positron

9.37644e-01

2.243e-02

Positron

9.48207e-01

1.121e-02

Positron

9.56018e-01

1.794e-02

Positron

1.98170e-05

1.139e+00

Auger electron

1.41499e-04

1.048e+01

Auger electron

2.01876e-04

3.738e-01

Auger electron

2.35201e-04

1.801e+00

Auger electron

7.51874e-04

3.899e-01

Auger electron

1.13461e-03

3.853e+00

Auger electron

1.31132e-03

1.918e-01

Auger electron

1.50110e-03

1.072e-02

Auger electron

1.93600e-03

6.078e-01

Conversion electron

5.49045e-03

1.346e+00

Auger electron

6.86843e-03

4.801e-01

Auger electron

8.27944e-03

4.329e-02

Auger electron

1.42152e-02

2.212e-02

Conversion electron

1.51426e-02

2.901e-02

Conversion electron

1.82038e-02

5.619e-02

Conversion electron

1.86452e-02

1.730e-02

Conversion electron

1.95726e-02

1.637e-02

Conversion electron

2.04960e-02

1.550e-02

Conversion electron

2.16938e-02

1.235e-02

Conversion electron

2.61238e-02

2.051e-02

Conversion electron

2.68260e-02

3.687e-01

Conversion electron

3.58238e-02

4.709e-02

Conversion electron

3.62652e-02

2.193e-02

Conversion electron

3.68060e-02

1.804e-02

Conversion electron

3.71926e-02

2.920e-02

Conversion electron

3.94671e-02

7.209e-02

Auger electron

4.37438e-02

2.199e-02

Conversion electron

4.69039e-02

3.648e-02

Auger electron

4.83060e-02

6.926e-02

Conversion electron

4.97938e-02

8.163e-02

Conversion electron

5.02352e-02

1.553e-02

Conversion electron

5.11626e-02

1.036e-02

Conversion electron

5.49860e-02

5.372e-02

Conversion electron

5.77138e-02

2.436e-02

Conversion electron

6.49760e-02

2.102e-02

Conversion electron

6.87952e-02

1.975e-02

Conversion electron

6.97226e-02

2.054e-02

Conversion electron

7.46838e-02

5.023e-02

Conversion electron

7.51252e-02

1.151e-02

Conversion electron

7.62738e-02

1.023e-02

Conversion electron

8.26038e-02

1.583e-02

Conversion electron

8.63460e-02

1.558e-02

Conversion electron

8.90760e-02

3.897e-02

Conversion electron

1.14476e-01

2.677e-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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