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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Silver-104

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  Ag-104
Atomic number (Z):  47
Mass number (A):  104
Neutron number (N):  57

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  β+, Electron capture
Half-life:  69.2 [m]
Decay constant:  1.6694e-04 [1/s]
Daughters:  Pd-104 (100.0%)
Radioactive daughters:  None

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  0.09166 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  2.70658 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ109.782e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair1.039e-16 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp1.469e-14 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for alphas, Δα0.000e+00 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for betas/electrons, Δβ-,β+,e-1.469e-14 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp4.336e-13 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]

Dose point kernels (plot)

Dose point kernel source:  Graves, et al. Medical Physics. 2019 Nov.; 46(11):5284-5293.

Note: Bins are spaced every 0.1 mm until a radius of 10 cm, and every 1 mm until a radius of 2 m.

Download tabulated dose point kernel file here:  www.mirdsoft.org/products/MIRDspecs/Ag-104 DPK.csv

Summary spectra (plot)

Spectra source:  ICRP Publication 107: Nuclear Decay Data for Dosimetric Calculations. Ann. ICRP 2008, 38 (3).

Download tabulated summary spectra file here:  www.mirdsoft.org/products/MIRDspecs/Ag-104 Summary Spectrum.csv

Beta spectra (plot)

Spectra source:  ICRP Publication 107: Nuclear Decay Data for Dosimetric Calculations. Ann. ICRP 2008, 38 (3).

Download tabulated beta spectra file here:  www.mirdsoft.org/products/MIRDspecs/Ag-104 Beta Spectrum.csv

 

Tabulated data

Summary spectra (table)

Spectra source:  ICRP Publication 107: Nuclear Decay Data for Dosimetric Calculations. Ann. ICRP 2008, 38 (3).

Note: Radiations with yield < 0.01 are excluded from the table, but are available in the linked *.csv data.

Download tabulated summary spectra file here:  www.mirdsoft.org/products/MIRDspecs/Ag-104 Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

7.85943e-06

6.838e+00

X-ray

2.82809e-03

2.259e-02

X-ray

2.98437e-03

1.071e-02

X-ray

2.09884e-02

1.742e-01

X-ray

2.11504e-02

3.291e-01

X-ray

2.37657e-02

2.835e-02

X-ray

2.37942e-02

5.510e-02

X-ray

2.42659e-02

1.110e-02

X-ray

2.63200e-01

1.019e-02

Gamma

2.89700e-01

1.204e-02

Gamma

3.62300e-01

1.296e-02

Gamma

4.44500e-01

1.667e-02

Gamma

4.79200e-01

1.019e-02

Gamma

5.11000e-01

3.130e-01

Annihilation photon

5.55800e-01

9.260e-01

Gamma

6.23200e-01

2.500e-02

Gamma

7.40500e-01

7.223e-02

Gamma

7.58700e-01

6.389e-02

Gamma

7.67600e-01

6.575e-01

Gamma

7.85700e-01

9.538e-02

Gamma

8.39700e-01

1.389e-02

Gamma

8.57900e-01

1.037e-01

Gamma

8.63000e-01

6.852e-02

Gamma

9.08000e-01

4.445e-02

Gamma

9.23300e-01

6.945e-02

Gamma

9.25900e-01

1.250e-01

Gamma

9.41600e-01

2.500e-01

Gamma

1.07530e+00

2.130e-02

Gamma

1.26520e+00

4.260e-02

Gamma

1.34180e+00

7.315e-02

Gamma

1.45120e+00

1.111e-02

Gamma

1.52660e+00

7.130e-02

Gamma

1.60020e+00

1.019e-02

Gamma

1.62580e+00

5.093e-02

Gamma

1.78180e+00

3.148e-02

Gamma

4.40896e-01

5.417e-02

Positron

4.77824e-01

2.999e-02

Positron

5.21715e-01

4.160e-02

Positron

8.63562e-01

1.935e-02

Positron

3.81977e-05

2.577e+00

Auger electron

1.21679e-04

1.565e-01

Auger electron

1.25991e-04

6.771e-01

Auger electron

2.92901e-04

1.671e+00

Auger electron

2.38228e-03

6.363e-01

Auger electron

2.75695e-03

1.291e-01

Auger electron

1.76856e-02

9.190e-02

Auger electron

2.05196e-02

3.648e-02

Auger electron

 

Useful Links

Isotope decay characteristics are periodically updated as better measurements can be made - changes that may not be reflected on this page. Please see useful links:

National Nuclear Data Center (NNDC):  https://www.nndc.bnl.gov/nudat3/mird/

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Livechart:  https://www-nds.iaea.org/relnsd/vcharthtml/VChartHTML.html

Reference Links

ICRP Report 107: https://www.icrp.org/publication.asp?id=ICRP%20Publication%20107

Graves et al. Dose Point Kernels: https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.13789

MIRD Decay Schemes 2nd Edition: https://sites.snmmi.org/SNMMI-MAIN/iCore/Store/StoreLayouts/Item_Detail.aspx?iProductCode=0-932004-80-6

 

 

 

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