Isotope Library

Photon emmisision data for a large number of radioisotopes are available for use in building sources. The isotope library is based on ICRP Publication 107, “Nuclear Decay Data for Dosimetric Calculations.” Photons with energies below 15 keV are excluded.

Note that some isotopes emit no x-rays or photons, e.g. Sr-90 and Cs-137. In those cases the progeny may emit significant x-rays or photons. Other isotopes have progeny with relatively short half-lives and the progeny and the user may wish to assume the progeny to be in equilibrium with the parent. In both of these cases the progeny may already be included in the source. If not, an option is available to include the progeny of these isotopes in equilibrium with the parents. This applies to the isotopes Ba-140, Cs-137, Cd-144, Ru-103, Ru-106, Sr-90, and Sn-113.

The following table lists the isotopes included in the library file isotopeLibrary.yml:

ZapMeNot Isotopes

Element

Isotope

Ac

223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 230, 231, 232, 233

Ag

99, 100m, 101, 102, 102m, 103, 104, 104m, 105, 105m

106, 106m, 108, 108m, 109m, 110, 110m, 111, 111m, 112

113, 113m, 114, 115, 116, 117

Al

26, 28, 29

Am

237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 242m, 243, 244, 244m

245, 246, 246m, 247

Ar

37, 39, 41, 42, 43, 44

As

68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 76, 77, 78, 79

At

204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 215, 216

217, 218, 219, 220

Au

186, 187, 190, 191, 192, 193, 193m, 194, 195, 195m

196, 196m, 198, 198m, 199, 200, 200m, 201, 202

Ba

124, 126, 127, 128, 129, 129m, 131, 131m, 133, 133m

135m, 137m, 139, 140, 141, 142

Be

7, 10

Bi

197, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208

210, 210m, 211, 212, 212n, 213, 214, 215, 216

Bk

245, 246, 247, 248m, 249, 250, 251

Br

72, 73, 74, 74m, 75, 76, 76m, 77, 77m, 78

80, 80m, 82, 82m, 83, 84, 84m, 85

C

10, 11, 14

Ca

41, 45, 47, 49

Cd

101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 107, 109, 111m, 113, 113m

115, 115m, 117, 117m, 118, 119, 119m

Ce

130, 131, 132, 133, 133m, 134, 135, 137, 137m, 139

141, 143, 144, 145

Cf

244, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255

Cl

34, 34m, 36, 38, 39, 40

Cm

238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247

248, 249, 250, 251

Co

54m, 55, 56, 57, 58, 58m, 60, 60m, 61, 62, 62m

Cr

48, 49, 51, 55, 56

Cs

121, 121m, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130

130m, 131, 132, 134, 134m, 135, 135m, 136, 137, 138

138m, 139, 140

Cu

57, 59, 60, 61, 62, 64, 66, 67, 69

Dy

148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 157, 159

165, 165m, 166, 167, 168

Er

154, 156, 159, 161, 163, 165, 167m, 169, 171, 172, 173

Es

249, 250, 250m, 251, 253, 254, 254m, 255, 256

Eu

142, 142m, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150

150m, 152, 152m, 152n, 154, 154m, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159

F

17, 18

Fe

52, 53, 53m, 55, 59, 60, 61, 62

Fm

251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257

Fr

212, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 227

Ga

64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 70, 72, 73, 74

Gd

142, 143m, 144, 145, 145m, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150

151, 152, 153, 159, 162

Ge

66, 67, 68, 69, 71, 75, 77, 78

H

3

Hf

167, 169, 170, 172, 173, 174, 175, 177m, 178m, 179m

180m, 181, 182, 182m, 183, 184

Hg

190, 191m, 192, 193, 193m, 194, 195, 195m, 197, 197m

199m, 203, 205, 206, 207

Ho

150, 153, 153m, 154, 154m, 155, 156, 157, 159, 160, 161

162, 162m, 163, 164, 164m, 166, 166m, 167, 168, 168m, 170

I

118, 118m, 119, 120, 120m, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126

128, 129, 130, 130m, 131, 132, 132m, 133, 134, 134m, 135

In

103, 105, 106, 106m, 107, 108, 108m, 109, 109m, 110

110m, 111, 111m, 112, 112m, 113m, 114, 114m, 115, 115m

116m, 117, 117m, 118, 118m, 119, 119m, 121, 121m

Ir

180, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 186m, 187, 188, 189

190, 190m, 190n, 191m, 192, 192m, 192n, 193m, 194, 194m

195, 195m, 196, 196m

K

38, 40, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46

Kr

74, 75, 76, 77, 79, 81, 81m, 83m, 85, 85m, 87, 88, 89

La

128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 132m, 133, 134, 135, 136

137, 138, 140, 141, 142, 143

Lu

165, 167, 169, 169m, 170, 171, 171m, 172, 172m, 173

174, 174m, 176, 176m, 177, 177m, 178, 178m, 179, 180, 181

Mg

27, 28

Mn

50m, 51, 52, 52m, 53, 54, 56, 57, 58m

Mo

101, 102, 89, 90, 91, 91m, 93, 93m, 99

N

13, 16

Na

22, 24

Nb

87, 88, 88m, 89, 89m, 90, 91, 91m, 92, 92m

93m, 94, 94m, 95, 95m, 96, 97, 98m, 99, 99m

Nd

134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 139m, 140, 141, 141m

144, 147, 149, 151, 152

Ne

19, 24

Ni

56, 57, 59, 63, 65, 66

Np

232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 236m, 237, 238, 239, 240

240m, 241, 242, 242m

O

14, 15, 19

Os

180, 181, 182, 183, 183m, 185, 186, 189m, 190m, 191

191m, 193, 194, 196

P

30, 32, 33

Pa

227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 234m, 235, 236, 237

Pb

194, 195m, 196, 197, 197m, 198, 199, 200, 201, 201m

202, 202m, 203, 204m, 205, 209, 210, 211, 212, 214

Pd

96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 103, 107, 109, 109m, 111, 112, 114

Pm

136, 137m, 139, 140, 140m, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146

147, 148, 148m, 149, 150, 151, 152, 152m, 153, 154, 154m

Po

203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212

212m, 213, 214, 215, 216, 218

Pr

134, 134m, 135, 136, 137, 138, 138m, 139, 140, 142

142m, 143, 144, 144m, 145, 146, 147, 148, 148m

Pt

184, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 193, 193m, 195m

197, 197m, 199, 200, 202

Pu

232, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242

243, 244, 245, 246

Ra

219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 230

Rb

77, 78, 78m, 79, 80, 81, 81m, 82, 82m, 83

84, 84m, 86, 86m, 87, 88, 89, 90, 90m

Re

178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 182m, 183, 184, 184m, 186

186m, 187, 188, 188m, 189, 190, 190m

Rh

94, 95, 95m, 96, 96m, 97, 97m, 98, 99, 99m

100, 100m, 101, 101m, 102, 102m, 103m, 104, 104m, 105

106, 106m, 107, 108, 109

Rn

207, 209, 210, 211, 212, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 222, 223

Ru

92, 94, 95, 97, 103, 105, 106, 107, 108

S

35, 37, 38

Sb

111, 113, 114, 115, 116, 116m, 117, 118, 118m, 119

120, 120m, 122, 122m, 124, 124m, 124n, 125, 126, 126m

127, 128, 128m, 129, 130, 130m, 131, 133

Sc

42m, 43, 44, 44m, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50

Se

70, 71, 72, 73, 73m, 75, 77m, 79, 79m, 81

81m, 83, 83m, 84

Si

31, 32

Sm

139, 140, 141, 141m, 142, 143, 143m, 145, 146, 147

148, 151, 153, 155, 156, 157

Sn

106, 108, 109, 110, 111, 113, 113m, 117m, 119m, 121, 121m

123, 123m, 125, 125m, 126, 127, 127m, 128, 129, 130, 130m

Sr

79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 85, 85m, 87m, 89, 90

91, 92, 93, 94

Ta

170, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 178m, 179

180, 182, 182m, 183, 184, 185, 186

Tb

146, 147, 147m, 148, 148m, 149, 149m, 150, 150m, 151

151m, 152, 152m, 153, 154, 155, 156, 156m, 156n, 157

158, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165

Tc

91, 91m, 92, 93, 93m, 94, 94m, 95, 95m, 96

96m, 97, 97m, 98, 99, 99m, 101, 102, 102m, 104, 105

Te

113, 114, 115, 115m, 116, 117, 118, 119, 119m, 121

121m, 123, 123m, 125m, 127, 127m, 129, 129m, 131, 131m

132, 133, 133m, 134

Th

223, 224, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236

Ti

44, 45, 51, 52

Tl

190, 190m, 194, 194m, 195, 196, 197, 198, 198m, 199

200, 201, 202, 204, 206, 206m, 207, 208, 209, 210

Tm

161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 170, 171

172, 173, 174, 175, 176

U

227, 228, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 235m, 236

237, 238, 239, 240, 242

V

47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 53

W

177, 178, 179, 179m, 181, 185, 185m, 187, 188, 190

Xe

120, 121, 122, 123, 125, 127, 127m, 129m, 131m, 133

133m, 135, 135m, 137, 138

Y

81, 83, 83m, 84m, 85, 85m, 86, 86m, 87, 87m

88, 89m, 90, 90m, 91, 91m, 92, 93, 94, 95

Yb

162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 169, 175, 177, 178, 179

Zn

60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 69, 69m, 71, 71m, 72

Zr

85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 89m, 93, 95, 97