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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets
Zirconium-97
Summary data
General
Classification
Isotope: Zr-97
Atomic number (Z): 40
Mass number (A): 97
Neutron number (N): 57
Radioactive decay
Decay modes: β-
Half-life: 16.74 [h]
Decay constant: 1.1499e-05 [1/s]
Daughters: Nb-97 (100.0%)
Radioactive daughters: Nb-97
Dosimetric constants
Mean alpha energy: 0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy: 0.72121 [MeV]
Mean photon energy: 0.87923 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ10: 3.255e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair: 3.255e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or
electrons), Δwp: 1.156e-13 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for alphas, Δα: 0.000e+00
[Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for betas/electrons, Δβ-,β+,e-:
1.156e-13 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp: 1.409e-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-97 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-97 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-97 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-97 Summary Spectrum.csv
|
Energy [MeV] |
Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01 |
Radiation type |
|
5.83036e-06 |
2.318e-01 |
X-ray |
|
2.54170e-01 |
1.145e-02 |
Gamma |
|
3.55400e-01 |
2.094e-02 |
Gamma |
|
5.07640e-01 |
5.025e-02 |
Gamma |
|
6.02370e-01 |
1.377e-02 |
Gamma |
|
7.03760e-01 |
1.014e-02 |
Gamma |
|
7.43360e-01 |
9.306e-01 |
Gamma |
|
1.02120e+00 |
1.014e-02 |
Gamma |
|
1.14797e+00 |
2.615e-02 |
Gamma |
|
1.36268e+00 |
1.024e-02 |
Gamma |
|
1.75024e+00 |
1.089e-02 |
Gamma |
|
1.75634e-01 |
4.963e-02 |
Beta |
|
3.09506e-01 |
1.186e-02 |
Beta |
|
5.28575e-01 |
3.918e-02 |
Beta |
|
7.56837e-01 |
8.821e-01 |
Beta |
|
2.53266e-05 |
1.141e-01 |
Auger electron |
|
1.03596e-04 |
1.954e-02 |
Auger electron |
|
1.48934e-04 |
4.627e-02 |
Auger electron |
|
1.85296e-03 |
1.866e-02 |
Auger electron |
|
7.24412e-01 |
1.748e-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
MIRDsoft MIRDspecs version 20250101 (www.mirdsoft.org)
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