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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Indium-119

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  In-119
Atomic number (Z):  49
Mass number (A):  119
Neutron number (N):  70

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  β-
Half-life:  2.4 [m]
Decay constant:  4.8135e-03 [1/s]
Daughters:  Sn-119m (0.948%), Sn-119 (99.1%)
Radioactive daughters:  Sn-119m

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  0.61478 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  0.77014 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ102.987e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair2.987e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp9.850e-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-9.850e-14 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp1.234e-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/In-119 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/In-119 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/In-119 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/In-119 Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

1.08560e-05

1.183e+01

X-ray

3.43219e-03

1.225e-02

X-ray

3.72998e-03

1.088e-02

X-ray

2.38710e-02

1.597e-01

Gamma

7.63140e-01

9.920e-01

Gamma

5.94312e-01

9.953e-01

Beta

1.13831e-05

5.842e+00

Auger electron

2.99912e-05

2.166e+00

Auger electron

1.18565e-04

7.398e-01

Auger electron

3.23448e-04

3.429e-01

Auger electron

4.02636e-04

1.250e+00

Auger electron

4.92910e-04

3.008e-02

Auger electron

2.96810e-03

4.886e-01

Auger electron

3.50113e-03

1.288e-01

Auger electron

1.94307e-02

6.092e-01

Conversion electron

1.97102e-02

5.054e-02

Conversion electron

1.99442e-02

1.412e-02

Conversion electron

2.31607e-02

1.328e-01

Conversion electron

2.38710e-02

2.986e-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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