Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope: Ag-110
Atomic number (Z): 47
Mass number (A): 110
Neutron number (N): 63

Radioactive decay

Decay modes: β-, Electron capture
Half-life: 24.6 [s]
Decay constant: 2.8177e-02 [1/s]
Daughters: Cd-110 (99.7%), Pd-110 (0.3%)
Radioactive daughters: None

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy: 0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy: 1.1812 [MeV]
Mean photon energy: 0.0307 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ₁₀: 1.173e-18 [Gy·m²/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, K_air: 1.173e-18 [Gy·m²/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δ_wp: 1.892e-13 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for alphas, Δ_α: 0.000e+00 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for betas/electrons, Δ_β-,β+,e-: 1.892e-13 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δ_p: 4.919e-15 [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-110 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-110 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-110 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-110 Summary Spectrum.csv

Energy [MeV]	Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01	Radiation type
7.85942e-06	2.409e-02	X-ray
6.57500e-01	4.496e-02	Gamma
8.93766e-01	4.420e-02	Beta
1.19886e+00	9.519e-01	Beta

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

MIRDsoft MIRDspecs version 20250101 (www.mirdsoft.org)

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