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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Lutetium-181

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  Lu-181
Atomic number (Z):  71
Mass number (A):  181
Neutron number (N):  110

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  β-
Half-life:  3.5 [m]
Decay constant:  3.3007e-03 [1/s]
Daughters:  Hf-181 (100.0%)
Radioactive daughters:  Hf-181

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  0.85115 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  0.57403 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ102.249e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair2.249e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp1.364e-13 [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-1.364e-13 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp9.197e-14 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]

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-181 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-181 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-181 Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

1.93452e-05

1.375e+01

X-ray

1.63854e-03

4.068e-02

X-ray

7.83280e-03

1.425e-02

X-ray

7.88958e-03

1.257e-01

X-ray

8.88688e-03

1.161e-02

X-ray

9.03751e-03

8.292e-02

X-ray

9.14599e-03

1.497e-02

X-ray

9.34358e-03

2.185e-02

X-ray

1.05374e-02

1.509e-02

X-ray

4.58000e-02

6.600e-02

Gamma

5.29000e-02

3.960e-02

Gamma

5.47191e-02

9.774e-02

X-ray

5.59237e-02

1.710e-01

X-ray

6.31238e-02

1.821e-02

X-ray

6.33831e-02

3.519e-02

X-ray

9.89000e-02

3.520e-02

Gamma

1.05700e-01

3.960e-02

Gamma

1.25200e-01

3.300e-02

Gamma

1.53400e-01

2.640e-02

Gamma

1.59100e-01

1.540e-02

Gamma

2.05900e-01

1.606e-01

Gamma

2.40400e-01

4.620e-02

Gamma

2.52000e-01

1.760e-02

Gamma

3.29000e-01

5.060e-02

Gamma

3.34400e-01

3.740e-02

Gamma

3.41700e-01

3.300e-02

Gamma

4.63500e-01

4.620e-02

Gamma

5.74800e-01

1.540e-01

Gamma

5.90000e-01

3.300e-02

Gamma

6.52400e-01

2.200e-01

Gamma

7.00400e-01

4.180e-02

Gamma

8.06000e-01

8.800e-02

Gamma

8.58500e-01

7.700e-02

Gamma

6.49732e-01

6.869e-01

Beta

9.13048e-01

1.111e-01

Beta

9.54060e-01

6.061e-02

Beta

1.00069e+00

1.414e-01

Beta

1.09046e-05

1.214e+00

Auger electron

2.44625e-05

1.710e+00

Auger electron

1.59702e-04

4.776e+00

Auger electron

2.87643e-04

1.546e-01

Auger electron

3.06793e-04

8.362e-01

Auger electron

5.28017e-04

4.038e-01

Auger electron

1.36392e-03

2.041e+00

Auger electron

1.54421e-03

1.074e-01

Auger electron

6.22196e-03

6.189e-01

Auger electron

7.85045e-03

2.302e-01

Auger electron

9.51301e-03

2.160e-02

Auger electron

3.34180e-02

3.410e-02

Conversion electron

3.45550e-02

3.070e-01

Conversion electron

3.50370e-02

1.191e-01

Conversion electron

3.62417e-02

1.061e-01

Conversion electron

4.02180e-02

1.172e-01

Conversion electron

4.16550e-02

1.179e-01

Conversion electron

4.21370e-02

5.689e-02

Conversion electron

4.33417e-02

5.181e-02

Conversion electron

4.37010e-02

1.255e-01

Conversion electron

4.45280e-02

1.084e-02

Auger electron

4.58000e-02

3.526e-02

Conversion electron

5.08010e-02

5.369e-02

Conversion electron

5.29000e-02

1.506e-02

Conversion electron

5.97180e-02

6.020e-02

Conversion electron

8.79180e-02

2.701e-02

Conversion electron

8.81370e-02

3.675e-02

Conversion electron

8.93417e-02

3.394e-02

Conversion electron

9.44550e-02

1.662e-02

Conversion electron

9.68010e-02

1.857e-02

Conversion electron

1.40418e-01

7.242e-02

Conversion electron

1.74918e-01

1.357e-02

Conversion electron

1.94655e-01

1.021e-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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