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Gd-153 — Gadolinium-153

The half-life of Gd-153 is 240.4 d. Main decay mode: electron capture to Eu-153 (100%).

Identification

Element
Gadolinium (Gd)
Atomic number Z
64
Mass number A
153
State
Radioactive

Key quantities

Half-life
240.4 d
Specific activity
1.314e+14 Bq/g
Gamma constant Γ
—
A1 / A2 for transport (SSR-6, НП-053-16)
10 TBq / 9 TBq
D-value (НП-067-24)
1 TBq

Decay modes

  • electron capture → Eu-153 — 100 %

Main gamma lines

Energy, keVYield, %
41.543 · X-ray line63.01
40.904 · X-ray line34.94
97.43129
103.1821.11
69.6732.419
83.36720.196
75.42210.0783
89.48590.06931
172.8530.03596
21.20.02175

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

Related calculators

DecayActivity ↔ massSource categoryDose rateA1/A2 and package type
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.K-series X-ray energies are from NIST SRD 128 (Deslattes et al., 2003): in ENDF/B-VIII.0 they are given to 1 % and shifted by up to 0.7 keV for heavy elements. L-series lines and all yields are ENDF/B-VIII.0.

Gadolinium-153 (Gd-153) — reference data

What is in the card

This card gathers the key data of radionuclide Gd-153 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 Gd-153 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.