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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Iridium-195m

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  Ir-195m
Atomic number (Z):  77
Mass number (A):  195
Neutron number (N):  118

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  β-, Internal transition
Half-life:  3.8 [h]
Decay constant:  5.0669e-05 [1/s]
Daughters:  Pt-195m (43.7%), Ir-195 (5.0%), Pt-195 (51.3%)
Radioactive daughters:  Pt-195m, Ir-195

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  0.26058 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  0.37661 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ101.957e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair1.957e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp4.175e-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-4.175e-14 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp6.034e-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/Ir-195m 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-195m 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/Ir-195m 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/Ir-195m Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

1.01425e-05

1.363e+01

X-ray

4.53463e-05

3.627e-01

X-ray

2.06888e-03

3.840e-02

X-ray

9.35458e-03

1.221e-02

X-ray

9.43804e-03

1.076e-01

X-ray

1.11006e-02

5.758e-02

X-ray

1.12510e-02

1.991e-02

X-ray

1.29799e-02

1.123e-02

X-ray

6.53020e-02

1.293e-01

X-ray

6.70480e-02

2.210e-01

X-ray

7.55931e-02

2.421e-02

X-ray

7.59780e-02

4.681e-02

X-ray

7.81028e-02

1.100e-02

X-ray

9.88500e-02

5.148e-02

Gamma

1.72780e-01

4.891e-02

Gamma

2.01650e-01

1.411e-02

Gamma

2.11300e-01

1.879e-02

Gamma

2.39210e-01

1.646e-02

Gamma

2.51610e-01

1.787e-02

Gamma

2.90300e-01

1.881e-02

Gamma

3.06480e-01

1.336e-02

Gamma

3.19900e-01

9.405e-02

Gamma

3.56380e-01

1.787e-02

Gamma

3.59310e-01

4.514e-02

Gamma

3.64940e-01

9.311e-02

Gamma

3.73390e-01

1.035e-02

Gamma

4.09040e-01

1.411e-02

Gamma

4.32860e-01

9.405e-02

Gamma

4.81170e-01

2.633e-02

Gamma

5.75350e-01

1.505e-02

Gamma

6.84880e-01

9.405e-02

Gamma

8.00900e-01

1.035e-02

Gamma

7.69338e-02

4.958e-02

Beta

8.77917e-02

1.884e-02

Beta

1.13383e-01

3.719e-01

Beta

1.98807e-01

7.239e-02

Beta

2.45967e-01

8.132e-02

Beta

3.10704e-01

3.471e-01

Beta

3.54565e-05

6.936e-02

Auger electron

3.74740e-05

2.911e+00

Auger electron

5.61698e-05

4.682e+00

Auger electron

1.70121e-04

1.194e-01

Auger electron

1.71287e-04

2.460e+00

Auger electron

3.35447e-04

2.442e-02

Auger electron

4.08485e-04

4.587e-01

Auger electron

6.14560e-04

2.715e-01

Auger electron

1.63739e-03

5.818e-02

Auger electron

1.69518e-03

1.209e+00

Auger electron

1.90536e-03

1.148e-01

Auger electron

6.79814e-03

1.697e-02

Auger electron

7.28325e-03

3.425e-01

Auger electron

9.33867e-03

1.414e-01

Auger electron

1.14273e-02

1.425e-02

Auger electron

1.41380e-02

1.131e-02

Conversion electron

1.69880e-02

2.136e-01

Conversion electron

1.75370e-02

2.231e-02

Conversion electron

2.02350e-02

3.022e-01

Conversion electron

2.82131e-02

5.574e-02

Conversion electron

3.08500e-02

1.717e-02

Conversion electron

4.05050e-02

1.313e-02

Conversion electron

4.05050e-02

1.313e-02

Conversion electron

4.65380e-02

1.102e-02

Conversion electron

5.27836e-02

1.208e-02

Auger electron

6.18850e-02

1.580e-02

Conversion electron

8.49880e-02

4.547e-02

Conversion electron

8.87860e-02

2.411e-02

Conversion electron

9.41650e-02

1.194e-02

Conversion electron

9.62131e-02

1.237e-02

Conversion electron

9.74610e-02

1.105e-02

Conversion electron

1.23035e-01

1.109e-02

Conversion electron

1.32685e-01

1.171e-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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