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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Lutetium-167

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  Lu-167
Atomic number (Z):  71
Mass number (A):  167
Neutron number (N):  96

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  β+, Electron capture
Half-life:  51.5 [m]
Decay constant:  2.2432e-04 [1/s]
Daughters:  Yb-167 (100.0%)
Radioactive daughters:  Yb-167

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  0.11094 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  1.69202 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ105.565e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair5.795e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp1.777e-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-1.777e-14 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp2.711e-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/Lu-167 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/Lu-167 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/Lu-167 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/Lu-167 Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

8.60592e-06

1.950e+01

X-ray

1.50627e-03

4.626e-02

X-ray

6.56570e-03

1.097e-02

X-ray

7.35569e-03

1.752e-02

X-ray

7.40529e-03

1.546e-01

X-ray

8.41451e-03

1.035e-01

X-ray

8.51880e-03

1.041e-02

X-ray

8.74937e-03

2.640e-02

X-ray

9.79888e-03

1.844e-02

X-ray

2.62300e-02

2.012e-02

Gamma

2.96600e-02

1.625e-01

Gamma

3.39100e-02

3.135e-02

Gamma

4.47700e-02

1.122e-02

Gamma

5.14483e-02

2.709e-01

X-ray

5.25072e-02

4.773e-01

X-ray

5.77800e-02

1.084e-02

Gamma

5.92804e-02

5.030e-02

X-ray

5.95058e-02

9.720e-02

X-ray

6.10550e-02

1.119e-02

X-ray

6.11060e-02

2.164e-02

X-ray

7.86700e-02

1.354e-02

Gamma

1.44970e-01

1.664e-02

Gamma

1.78870e-01

2.477e-02

Gamma

1.82070e-01

1.703e-02

Gamma

1.88660e-01

1.858e-02

Gamma

2.13200e-01

3.328e-02

Gamma

2.22790e-01

1.049e-02

Gamma

2.29780e-01

1.026e-02

Gamma

2.39220e-01

7.663e-02

Gamma

2.58540e-01

1.393e-02

Gamma

2.78910e-01

1.780e-02

Gamma

3.17600e-01

1.819e-02

Gamma

4.01170e-01

3.173e-02

Gamma

4.45560e-01

1.277e-02

Gamma

5.10300e-01

1.664e-02

Gamma

5.11000e-01

1.188e-01

Annihilation photon

5.13100e-01

1.935e-02

Gamma

9.88400e-01

1.060e-02

Gamma

1.18854e+00

1.444e-02

Gamma

1.22731e+00

1.451e-02

Gamma

1.26726e+00

3.870e-02

Gamma

1.39760e+00

1.161e-02

Gamma

1.50684e+00

3.019e-02

Gamma

1.63369e+00

1.393e-02

Gamma

1.64449e+00

1.741e-02

Gamma

1.94132e+00

1.741e-02

Gamma

1.97391e+00

1.490e-02

Gamma

1.97391e+00

1.490e-02

Gamma

1.97955e+00

1.095e-02

Gamma

2.01304e+00

1.509e-02

Gamma

9.21623e-01

1.048e-02

Positron

9.49892e-06

1.742e+00

Auger electron

1.88627e-05

2.452e+00

Auger electron

1.54584e-04

7.047e+00

Auger electron

2.52910e-04

2.219e-01

Auger electron

2.66722e-04

1.406e+00

Auger electron

8.92173e-04

1.946e-01

Auger electron

1.26197e-03

2.732e+00

Auger electron

1.44463e-03

1.257e-01

Auger electron

2.31580e-03

2.080e-01

Conversion electron

4.25100e-03

5.882e-02

Conversion electron

5.82724e-03

8.273e-01

Auger electron

5.92900e-03

3.942e-02

Conversion electron

7.32132e-03

2.985e-01

Auger electron

8.84662e-03

2.739e-02

Auger electron

1.41760e-02

4.547e-02

Conversion electron

1.46374e-02

3.183e-02

Conversion electron

1.56962e-02

3.601e-02

Conversion electron

1.68890e-02

2.934e-02

Conversion electron

1.72290e-02

2.333e-02

Conversion electron

1.88874e-02

1.111e-02

Conversion electron

1.92060e-02

8.069e-02

Conversion electron

1.96674e-02

5.941e-02

Conversion electron

1.99462e-02

1.388e-02

Conversion electron

2.07262e-02

8.296e-02

Conversion electron

2.26948e-02

2.661e-02

Conversion electron

2.34560e-02

1.172e-02

Conversion electron

2.49762e-02

1.040e-02

Conversion electron

2.77248e-02

5.108e-02

Conversion electron

2.96600e-02

1.333e-02

Conversion electron

4.06390e-02

1.154e-02

Conversion electron

4.19611e-02

3.269e-02

Auger electron

4.99512e-02

1.671e-02

Auger electron

6.86774e-02

3.285e-02

Conversion electron

6.97362e-02

3.327e-02

Conversion electron

7.67348e-02

1.701e-02

Conversion electron

1.51759e-01

1.154e-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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