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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Antimony-119

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  Sb-119
Atomic number (Z):  51
Mass number (A):  119
Neutron number (N):  68

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  Electron capture
Half-life:  38.19 [h]
Decay constant:  5.0417e-06 [1/s]
Daughters:  Sn-119 (100.0%)
Radioactive daughters:  None

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  0.02583 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  0.02341 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ107.426e-18 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair7.426e-18 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp4.138e-15 [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-4.138e-15 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp3.751e-15 [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-119 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-119 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/Sb-119 Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

1.08551e-05

2.552e+01

X-ray

3.43219e-03

4.232e-02

X-ray

3.65722e-03

2.687e-02

X-ray

3.72998e-03

1.391e-02

X-ray

2.38700e-02

1.603e-01

Gamma

2.50232e-02

2.109e-01

X-ray

2.52572e-02

3.946e-01

X-ray

2.84307e-02

3.560e-02

X-ray

2.84736e-02

6.913e-02

X-ray

2.90882e-02

1.425e-02

X-ray

1.13556e-05

1.261e+01

Auger electron

3.01801e-05

4.497e+00

Auger electron

1.21194e-04

1.493e+00

Auger electron

3.09439e-04

4.809e-01

Auger electron

3.99045e-04

2.940e+00

Auger electron

4.80337e-04

6.861e-02

Auger electron

2.89993e-03

1.155e+00

Auger electron

3.42450e-03

3.007e-01

Auger electron

3.97195e-03

2.018e-02

Auger electron

1.94297e-02

6.115e-01

Conversion electron

1.97092e-02

5.073e-02

Conversion electron

1.99432e-02

1.417e-02

Conversion electron

2.09334e-02

7.952e-02

Auger electron

2.31597e-02

1.333e-01

Conversion electron

2.38700e-02

2.997e-02

Conversion electron

2.44171e-02

3.387e-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

 

 

 

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