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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Iridium-190

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  Ir-190
Atomic number (Z):  77
Mass number (A):  190
Neutron number (N):  113

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  Electron capture
Half-life:  11.78 [d]
Decay constant:  6.8103e-07 [1/s]
Daughters:  Os-190 (100.0%)
Radioactive daughters:  None

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  0.07456 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  1.47679 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ106.326e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair6.326e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp1.195e-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-1.195e-14 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp2.366e-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/Ir-190 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/Ir-190 Summary 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/Ir-190 Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

4.40296e-05

1.059e+01

X-ray

1.92067e-03

4.597e-02

X-ray

8.83249e-03

1.618e-02

X-ray

8.90608e-03

1.427e-01

X-ray

1.03795e-02

9.214e-02

X-ray

1.05947e-02

2.585e-02

X-ray

1.21269e-02

1.756e-02

X-ray

6.16420e-02

2.512e-01

X-ray

6.31890e-02

4.327e-01

X-ray

7.12758e-02

4.697e-02

X-ray

7.16144e-02

9.079e-02

X-ray

7.35200e-02

1.082e-02

X-ray

7.35997e-02

2.103e-02

X-ray

1.86680e-01

5.244e-01

Gamma

1.96850e-01

3.420e-02

Gamma

1.98080e-01

1.938e-02

Gamma

2.07910e-01

1.186e-02

Gamma

2.23810e-01

3.739e-02

Gamma

2.88220e-01

1.642e-02

Gamma

2.94750e-01

6.612e-02

Gamma

3.61090e-01

1.302e-01

Gamma

3.71240e-01

2.280e-01

Gamma

3.80030e-01

2.029e-02

Gamma

3.97360e-01

6.544e-02

Gamma

4.07220e-01

4.560e-02

Gamma

4.07220e-01

2.394e-01

Gamma

4.20630e-01

1.642e-02

Gamma

4.31620e-01

2.736e-02

Gamma

4.47810e-01

2.554e-02

Gamma

4.77800e-01

1.824e-02

Gamma

5.02550e-01

1.254e-02

Gamma

5.18550e-01

3.397e-01

Gamma

5.57950e-01

3.010e-01

Gamma

5.69300e-01

2.850e-01

Gamma

6.05140e-01

3.990e-01

Gamma

6.30910e-01

2.941e-02

Gamma

6.56020e-01

1.163e-02

Gamma

7.26220e-01

3.785e-02

Gamma

7.68570e-01

2.212e-02

Gamma

8.28990e-01

3.466e-02

Gamma

8.39140e-01

1.140e-02

Gamma

1.03605e+00

2.417e-02

Gamma

2.96117e-05

2.065e+00

Auger electron

1.63597e-04

3.514e+00

Auger electron

3.34387e-04

7.049e-01

Auger electron

3.44327e-04

1.418e-01

Auger electron

5.98436e-04

2.316e-01

Auger electron

1.58164e-03

1.680e+00

Auger electron

1.77843e-03

1.314e-01

Auger electron

6.88576e-03

5.101e-01

Auger electron

8.78527e-03

2.026e-01

Auger electron

1.07145e-02

1.986e-02

Auger electron

4.99348e-02

2.480e-02

Auger electron

5.97656e-02

1.314e-02

Auger electron

1.12614e-01

1.065e-01

Conversion electron

1.22784e-01

1.276e-02

Conversion electron

1.73730e-01

1.255e-02

Conversion electron

1.74256e-01

4.464e-02

Conversion electron

1.75803e-01

3.074e-02

Conversion electron

1.84228e-01

2.225e-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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