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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Silver-116

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  Ag-116
Atomic number (Z):  47
Mass number (A):  116
Neutron number (N):  69

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  β-
Half-life:  2.68 [m]
Decay constant:  4.3106e-03 [1/s]
Daughters:  Cd-116 (100.0%)
Radioactive daughters:  None

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  1.75402 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  2.14733 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ106.837e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair6.837e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp2.810e-13 [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-2.810e-13 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp3.440e-13 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]

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-116 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-116 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-116 Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

1.71503e-05

1.951e-01

X-ray

5.13400e-01

7.600e-01

Gamma

6.40030e-01

3.116e-02

Gamma

6.43730e-01

1.672e-02

Gamma

6.99590e-01

1.087e-01

Gamma

7.02700e-01

1.444e-02

Gamma

7.05800e-01

2.432e-02

Gamma

7.69000e-01

1.748e-02

Gamma

8.67400e-01

1.368e-02

Gamma

9.94050e-01

1.672e-02

Gamma

1.12910e+00

2.508e-02

Gamma

1.17287e+00

2.508e-02

Gamma

1.21313e+00

7.144e-02

Gamma

1.30465e+00

5.472e-02

Gamma

1.40180e+00

1.216e-02

Gamma

1.40804e+00

3.116e-02

Gamma

1.43710e+00

1.596e-02

Gamma

1.60460e+00

1.140e-02

Gamma

1.64240e+00

1.520e-02

Gamma

1.68100e+00

1.748e-02

Gamma

2.00390e+00

1.900e-02

Gamma

2.09080e+00

1.064e-02

Gamma

2.13440e+00

1.748e-02

Gamma

2.24630e+00

2.356e-02

Gamma

2.28900e+00

1.748e-02

Gamma

2.34870e+00

1.140e-02

Gamma

2.47790e+00

1.155e-01

Gamma

2.66180e+00

4.180e-02

Gamma

2.70320e+00

6.992e-02

Gamma

2.82810e+00

1.292e-02

Gamma

2.83410e+00

2.508e-02

Gamma

8.97972e-01

1.170e-02

Beta

1.10381e+00

4.518e-02

Beta

1.12156e+00

1.150e-02

Beta

1.16158e+00

5.998e-02

Beta

1.22264e+00

7.997e-02

Beta

1.24235e+00

4.668e-02

Beta

1.26893e+00

3.119e-02

Beta

1.31764e+00

1.519e-02

Beta

1.38939e+00

1.100e-02

Beta

1.40502e+00

1.799e-02

Beta

1.41024e+00

1.140e-02

Beta

1.41721e+00

1.749e-02

Beta

1.43733e+00

3.199e-02

Beta

1.55200e+00

6.577e-02

Beta

1.57029e+00

5.858e-02

Beta

1.70434e+00

1.519e-02

Beta

1.82000e+00

1.999e-02

Beta

1.83404e+00

3.339e-02

Beta

1.83671e+00

2.149e-02

Beta

1.96678e+00

3.759e-02

Beta

2.12108e+00

1.449e-02

Beta

2.15074e+00

1.999e-02

Beta

2.17056e+00

3.349e-02

Beta

2.50333e+00

2.559e-01

Beta

3.68201e-05

6.868e-02

Auger electron

1.28812e-04

2.011e-02

Auger electron

3.45126e-04

4.834e-02

Auger electron

2.60834e-03

1.880e-02

Auger electron

4.22120e-02

1.402e-02

Conversion 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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