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Nb-95m — Niobium-95m

The half-life of Nb-95m is 3.61 d. Main decay mode: isomeric transition to Nb-95 (94.4%).

Identification

Element
Niobium (Nb)
Atomic number Z
41
Mass number A
95
State
Radioactive

Key quantities

Half-life
3.61 d
Specific activity
1.409e+16 Bq/g
Gamma constant Γ
—
D-value (НП-067-24)
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Decay modes

  • isomeric transition → Nb-95 — 94.4 %
  • β⁻ decay → Mo-95 — 5.6 %

Main gamma lines

Energy, keVYield, %
235.6924.83
16.616 · X-ray line23.24
16.521 · X-ray line12.13
204.1162.296
582.0780.0476
786.1920.01344
820.6220.0003416

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

Alpha and beta particles

RadiationEnergy, keVYield, %
β⁻, E max1,160.33.2
956.182.4
374.10.071

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

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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.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.

Niobium-95m (Nb-95m) — reference data

What is in the card

This card gathers the key data of radionuclide Nb-95m 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 Nb-95m 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.