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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Zirconium-89m

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  Zr-89m
Atomic number (Z):  40
Mass number (A):  89
Neutron number (N):  49

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  β+, Electron capture, Internal transition
Half-life:  4.161 [m]
Decay constant:  2.7764e-03 [1/s]
Daughters:  Zr-89 (93.8%), Y-89 (6.23%)
Radioactive daughters:  Zr-89

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  0.03184 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  0.63439 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ102.418e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair2.476e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp5.101e-15 [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-5.101e-15 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp1.016e-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/Zr-89m 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/Zr-89m 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/Zr-89m 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/Zr-89m Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

5.29809e-06

6.171e-01

X-ray

6.52413e-06

5.088e-01

X-ray

1.49185e-02

1.630e-02

X-ray

1.57372e-02

1.473e-02

X-ray

5.11000e-01

3.028e-02

Annihilation photon

5.87800e-01

8.962e-01

Gamma

1.50740e+00

6.056e-02

Gamma

3.90931e-01

1.345e-02

Positron

2.02938e-05

3.433e-01

Auger electron

2.22365e-05

2.698e-01

Auger electron

9.45921e-05

1.052e-01

Auger electron

9.61258e-05

4.696e-02

Auger electron

9.84254e-05

4.033e-02

Auger electron

1.17872e-04

9.241e-02

Auger electron

1.66232e-03

4.420e-02

Auger electron

1.75398e-03

3.834e-02

Auger electron

5.69838e-01

3.634e-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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