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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Thulium-162

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  Tm-162
Atomic number (Z):  69
Mass number (A):  162
Neutron number (N):  93

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  β+, Electron capture
Half-life:  21.7 [m]
Decay constant:  5.3237e-04 [1/s]
Daughters:  Er-162 (100.0%)
Radioactive daughters:  None

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  0.56475 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  1.91552 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ104.998e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair6.377e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp9.048e-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-9.048e-14 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp3.069e-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-162 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-162 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-162 Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

1.35459e-05

8.973e+00

X-ray

1.36749e-03

2.158e-02

X-ray

6.93540e-03

8.325e-02

X-ray

7.81980e-03

6.404e-02

X-ray

8.17512e-03

1.416e-02

X-ray

9.09455e-03

1.132e-02

X-ray

4.82994e-02

1.969e-01

X-ray

4.92265e-02

3.495e-01

X-ray

5.55821e-02

3.640e-02

X-ray

5.57778e-02

7.035e-02

X-ray

5.72611e-02

1.559e-02

X-ray

1.02000e-01

1.747e-01

Gamma

2.27520e-01

7.100e-02

Gamma

5.11000e-01

7.122e-01

Annihilation photon

5.70740e-01

1.945e-02

Gamma

6.72330e-01

5.538e-02

Gamma

6.72400e-01

1.839e-02

Gamma

7.98680e-01

8.378e-02

Gamma

8.99900e-01

5.609e-02

Gamma

9.00700e-01

6.461e-02

Gamma

9.85120e-01

1.150e-02

Gamma

1.06901e+00

1.100e-02

Gamma

1.10000e+00

1.370e-02

Gamma

1.25001e+00

4.814e-02

Gamma

1.25472e+00

1.456e-02

Gamma

1.31842e+00

5.538e-02

Gamma

1.35220e+00

3.422e-02

Gamma

1.40423e+00

2.840e-02

Gamma

1.50640e+00

1.384e-02

Gamma

1.97472e+00

1.221e-02

Gamma

2.01575e+00

1.122e-02

Gamma

2.14020e+00

1.257e-02

Gamma

1.01379e+00

2.323e-02

Positron

1.04383e+00

1.212e-02

Positron

1.08269e+00

1.515e-02

Positron

1.11363e+00

1.919e-02

Positron

1.31923e+00

2.727e-02

Positron

1.68703e+00

9.092e-02

Positron

1.73435e+00

1.111e-01

Positron

1.98170e-05

4.350e-01

Auger electron

1.41540e-04

4.039e+00

Auger electron

2.00100e-04

1.432e-01

Auger electron

2.35406e-04

6.852e-01

Auger electron

7.39219e-04

1.210e-01

Auger electron

1.13420e-03

1.505e+00

Auger electron

1.30973e-03

7.474e-02

Auger electron

5.47877e-03

5.233e-01

Auger electron

6.85424e-03

1.865e-01

Auger electron

8.26190e-03

1.681e-02

Auger electron

3.94671e-02

2.597e-02

Auger electron

4.44260e-02

1.784e-01

Conversion electron

4.69039e-02

1.314e-02

Auger electron

9.22838e-02

1.686e-02

Conversion electron

9.27252e-02

1.101e-01

Conversion electron

9.36526e-02

1.061e-01

Conversion electron

1.00204e-01

5.679e-02

Conversion electron

1.02000e-01

1.500e-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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