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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets
Antimony-115
Summary data
General
Classification
Isotope: Sb-115
Atomic number (Z): 51
Mass number (A): 115
Neutron number (N): 64
Radioactive decay
Decay modes: β+, Electron capture
Half-life: 32.1 [m]
Decay constant: 3.5989e-04 [1/s]
Daughters: Sn-115 (100.0%)
Radioactive daughters: None
Dosimetric constants
Mean alpha energy: 0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy: 0.23417 [MeV]
Mean photon energy: 0.88939 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ10: 2.405e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair: 3.704e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or
electrons), Δwp: 3.752e-14 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for alphas, Δα: 0.000e+00
[Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for betas/electrons, Δβ-,β+,e-:
3.752e-14 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp: 1.425e-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/Sb-115 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/Sb-115 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/Sb-115 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/Sb-115 Summary Spectrum.csv
|
Energy [MeV] |
Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01 |
Radiation type |
|
1.08543e-05 |
9.222e+00 |
X-ray |
|
3.43219e-03 |
2.043e-02 |
X-ray |
|
3.65722e-03 |
1.161e-02 |
X-ray |
|
2.50232e-02 |
1.438e-01 |
X-ray |
|
2.52572e-02 |
2.691e-01 |
X-ray |
|
2.84307e-02 |
2.428e-02 |
X-ray |
|
2.84736e-02 |
4.714e-02 |
X-ray |
|
4.89300e-01 |
1.273e-02 |
Gamma |
|
4.97310e-01 |
9.790e-01 |
Gamma |
|
5.11000e-01 |
6.712e-01 |
Annihilation photon |
|
6.74798e-01 |
3.331e-01 |
Positron |
|
1.13311e-05 |
4.559e+00 |
Auger electron |
|
3.03626e-05 |
1.569e+00 |
Auger electron |
|
1.23882e-04 |
5.066e-01 |
Auger electron |
|
2.72321e-04 |
9.034e-02 |
Auger electron |
|
3.96294e-04 |
1.141e+00 |
Auger electron |
|
4.70170e-04 |
2.601e-02 |
Auger electron |
|
2.84845e-03 |
4.505e-01 |
Auger electron |
|
3.36531e-03 |
1.161e-01 |
Auger electron |
|
2.09334e-02 |
5.423e-02 |
Auger electron |
|
2.44171e-02 |
2.309e-02 |
Auger 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
MIRDsoft MIRDspecs version 20250101 (www.mirdsoft.org)
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