Nuclide reference

Fe-59 — Iron-59

Fe-59 की half-life 44.495 d है। मुख्य decay mode: β⁻ decay → Co-59 (100%)।

Identification

तत्व
Iron (Fe)
Atomic number Z
26
Mass number A
59
State
Radioactive

Key quantities

Half-life
44.495 d
विशिष्ट गतिविधि
1.84e+15 Bq/g
Gamma constant Γ (H*(10))
0.1703 µSv·m²/(MBq·h)
Dose rate, 1 GBq at 1 m
≈ 170 µSv/h
परिवहन के लिए A1 / A2 (SSR-6)
0.9 TBq / 0.9 TBq
D-value (НП-067-24)
0.06 TBq

Decay modes

  • β⁻ decay → Co-59 — 100 %

Main gamma lines

Energy, keVYield, %
1,099.2556.5
1,291.5943.2
192.3433.08
142.6511.02
334.80.27
1,481.70.059
3820.018
6.93 · X-ray line0.01201
1890.0009

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

Alpha and beta particles

RadiationEnergy, keVYield, %
β⁻, E max465.9453.1
273.645.3
130.951.31
1,565.20.18

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

Related calculators

Reference data vs computed valuesHalf-life, gamma lines and D-value are reference data (ENDF/B-VIII.0, НП-067-24).Gamma constant Γ 1 m पर H*(10) है, ICRP-107 spectra (NIST µ_en/ρ, ICRP-74 Table A.21) से गणना की गई, equilibrium में short-lived progeny सहित (जैसे Cs-137/Ba-137m, Ra-226 series); specific activity molar mass M ≈ mass number A का उपयोग करती है।Dose rate example: point source, no shielding or scatter, Ḣ = Γ·A/r².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.

Iron-59 (Fe-59) — reference data

What is in the card

This card gathers the key data of radionuclide Fe-59 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 Fe-59 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.