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. 2016 May 14;1:9. doi: 10.1186/s41181-016-0014-4

Table 2.

Absorbed dose rates per unit activity (S-values, in mGy/MBq.s) in the reaction fluid for different volumes of 213Bi, 213Po, 209Tl and 209Pb. The different contributes to the S-value (α, β, low energy electrons and γ-rays) are indicated separately

213Bi 10 μL 50 μL 100 μL 200 μL 400 μL 800 μL
5.97 MeV α 1.94 0.39 0.19 0.097 0.049 0.024
β-particles 2.98 0.80 0.44 0.24 0.13 0.066
Auger + IC e 0.20 0.048 0.026 0.013 0.0067 0.0034
γ-rays 0.0054 0.0019 0.0012 0.0007 0.0005 0.0003
Total 5.12 1.24 0.67 0.35 0.18 0.094
213Po
8.38 MeV α 130 26.4 13.3 6.6 3.3 1.7
209Tl
β-particles 3.17 0.94 0.55 0.30 0.17 0.08
Auger + IC e 0.36 0.08 0.04 0.02 0.01 0.01
γ-rays 0.04 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00
Total 3.57 1.03 0.60 0.33 0.18 0.09
209Pb
β-particles 2.33 0.53 0.28 0.14 0.07 0.04