Nuclide reference

Mo-99 — Molybdenum-99

Mo-99 की half-life 2.749 d है। मुख्य decay mode: β⁻ decay → Tc-99m (87.89%)।

Identification

तत्व
Molybdenum (Mo)
Atomic number Z
42
Mass number A
99
State
Radioactive

Key quantities

Half-life
2.749 d
विशिष्ट गतिविधि
1.775e+16 Bq/g
Gamma constant Γ (H*(10))
0.02404 µSv·m²/(MBq·h)
Dose rate, 1 GBq at 1 m
≈ 24 µSv/h
परिवहन के लिए A1 / A2 (SSR-6)
1 TBq / 0.6 TBq
D-value (НП-067-24)
0.3 TBq

Decay modes

  • β⁻ decay → Tc-99m — 87.89 %
  • β⁻ decay → Tc-99 — 12.11 %

Main gamma lines

Energy, keVYield, %
140.511 (Tc-99m)86.05
739.512.26
181.0686.142
140.5114.536
777.9214.303
18.368 (Tc-99m) · X-ray line3.928
18.251 (Tc-99m) · X-ray line2.066
366.4211.204
40.58321.064
822.9720.1349

Includes daughter nuclides in equilibrium: Tc-99m (yield per decay of Mo-99); the emitting nuclide is in brackets. Equilibrium is reached in about 46 h.

Alpha and beta particles

RadiationEnergy, keVYield, %
β⁻, E max1,214.382.2
436.3616.4
847.881.16
352.930.146

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.

Molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) — reference data

What is in the card

This card gathers the key data of radionuclide Mo-99 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 Mo-99 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.