All tools

Nuclide reference

B-13 — Boron-13

The half-life of B-13 is 17.36 ms. Main decay mode: β⁻ decay to C-13 (100%).

Identification

Element
Boron (B)
Atomic number Z
5
Mass number A
13
State
Radioactive

Key quantities

Half-life
17.36 ms
Specific activity
1.85e+24 Bq/g
Gamma constant Γ
—
D-value (НП-067-24)
—

Decay modes

  • β⁻ decay → C-13 — 100 %

Main gamma lines

Energy, keVYield, %
3,683.927.6
3,089.050.35
3,853.170.25
8,8570.16
764.3160.15
7,5450.094
595.0130.057
9,8930.022
169.30.0045

Lines of the bare nuclide (ENDF/B-VIII.0), without daughter ingrowth.

Alpha and beta particles

RadiationEnergy, keVYield, %
β⁻, E max13,43792.1
9,752.77.6
9,583.40.35
10,3480.35

For β⁻ the endpoint (maximum) energy of the spectrum is given. ENDF/B-VIII.0.

Related calculators

DecayActivity ↔ massDose rate
Reference data vs computed valuesHalf-life, gamma lines and D-value are reference data (ENDF/B-VIII.0, НП-067-24).Gamma constant Γ is H*(10) at 1 m computed from ICRP-107 spectra (NIST µ_en/ρ, ICRP-74 Table A.21) including short-lived progeny in equilibrium (e.g. Cs-137/Ba-137m, Ra-226 series); specific activity uses molar mass M ≈ mass number A.

Boron-13 (B-13) — reference data

What is in the card

This card gathers the key data of radionuclide B-13 in one place: half-life, decay modes, main gamma lines, alpha and beta particle energies, gamma constant, specific activity and the D-value for source categorization. Decay and emission data are from ENDF/B-VIII.0; the D-value follows NP-067-24; the gamma constant is the ambient dose equivalent H*(10) at 1 m, computed from ICRP-107 spectra.

How to use the data

Half-life and specific activity let you recalculate the activity of a B-13 source to the delivery or disposal date — use the decay calculator. Gamma lines with yields identify the nuclide from a spectrum and pick the line for gamma spectrometry; the gamma constant Γ gives the dose rate at a distance, while the D-value and A1/A2 set the source category and the package type for transport.