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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Iodine-130m

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  I-130m
Atomic number (Z):  53
Mass number (A):  130
Neutron number (N):  77

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  β-, Internal transition
Half-life:  8.84 [m]
Decay constant:  1.3068e-03 [1/s]
Daughters:  I-130 (84.0%), Xe-130 (16.0%)
Radioactive daughters:  I-130

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  0.17782 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  0.10966 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ104.945e-18 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair4.945e-18 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp2.849e-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-2.849e-14 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp1.757e-14 [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/I-130m 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/I-130m 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/I-130m 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/I-130m Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

1.52660e-05

9.632e+00

X-ray

1.66175e-05

1.490e-02

X-ray

3.92520e-03

3.080e-02

X-ray

2.83065e-02

4.939e-02

X-ray

2.86096e-02

9.170e-02

X-ray

3.22942e-02

1.654e-02

X-ray

5.36066e-01

1.568e-01

Gamma

5.86049e-01

1.068e-02

Gamma

7.18412e-01

1.159e-02

Beta

9.84118e-01

1.411e-01

Beta

2.70124e-05

1.465e+00

Auger electron

2.89562e-05

4.639e+00

Auger electron

1.22445e-04

5.504e-01

Auger electron

3.43182e-04

1.109e-01

Auger electron

4.77748e-04

1.214e+00

Auger electron

5.81039e-04

5.816e-02

Auger electron

3.18921e-03

4.669e-01

Auger electron

3.82460e-03

1.378e-01

Auger electron

4.48483e-03

1.004e-02

Auger electron

6.79600e-03

1.942e-01

Conversion electron

2.35598e-02

1.483e-02

Auger electron

3.47981e-02

1.627e-01

Conversion electron

3.51025e-02

2.223e-02

Conversion electron

3.54055e-02

3.126e-01

Conversion electron

3.90902e-02

1.199e-01

Conversion electron

3.99600e-02

2.826e-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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