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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Antimony-128

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  Sb-128
Atomic number (Z):  51
Mass number (A):  128
Neutron number (N):  77

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  β-
Half-life:  9.01 [h]
Decay constant:  2.1370e-05 [1/s]
Daughters:  Te-128 (100.0%)
Radioactive daughters:  None

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  0.49992 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  3.09344 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ101.145e-16 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair1.145e-16 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp8.010e-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-8.010e-14 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp4.956e-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-128 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-128 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-128 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-128 Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

1.36106e-05

5.591e-01

X-ray

2.74652e-02

1.736e-02

X-ray

2.04400e-01

1.000e-02

Gamma

2.14800e-01

1.000e-02

Gamma

2.27300e-01

1.500e-02

Gamma

3.14100e-01

6.100e-01

Gamma

3.17700e-01

3.000e-02

Gamma

3.22300e-01

3.000e-02

Gamma

3.57000e-01

1.500e-02

Gamma

3.66100e-01

1.500e-02

Gamma

4.04300e-01

1.000e-02

Gamma

4.45700e-01

1.500e-02

Gamma

4.54500e-01

1.500e-02

Gamma

4.59500e-01

1.500e-02

Gamma

5.26500e-01

4.500e-01

Gamma

5.82900e-01

1.000e-02

Gamma

5.94300e-01

1.000e-02

Gamma

6.03000e-01

1.700e-02

Gamma

6.28700e-01

3.100e-01

Gamma

6.36200e-01

3.600e-01

Gamma

6.54200e-01

1.700e-01

Gamma

6.67100e-01

2.500e-02

Gamma

6.83900e-01

3.000e-02

Gamma

6.92900e-01

2.000e-02

Gamma

7.27600e-01

4.000e-02

Gamma

7.43300e-01

1.000e+00

Gamma

7.54000e-01

1.000e+00

Gamma

7.73700e-01

1.500e-02

Gamma

8.02700e-01

1.200e-02

Gamma

8.13600e-01

1.300e-01

Gamma

8.35800e-01

1.000e-02

Gamma

8.45800e-01

2.500e-02

Gamma

8.78000e-01

3.500e-02

Gamma

9.08800e-01

1.000e-02

Gamma

9.72300e-01

1.000e-02

Gamma

1.04750e+00

3.500e-02

Gamma

1.07860e+00

2.000e-02

Gamma

1.11270e+00

2.000e-02

Gamma

1.15820e+00

1.500e-02

Gamma

1.18160e+00

4.500e-02

Gamma

1.25050e+00

1.000e-02

Gamma

1.25950e+00

1.000e-02

Gamma

1.33980e+00

1.000e-02

Gamma

1.37800e+00

1.800e-02

Gamma

2.08297e-01

6.263e-02

Beta

2.60776e-01

4.415e-02

Beta

2.64437e-01

2.053e-02

Beta

2.91517e-01

4.620e-02

Beta

3.03267e-01

5.647e-02

Beta

3.27741e-01

4.107e-02

Beta

3.32929e-01

1.571e-01

Beta

4.47839e-01

1.232e-02

Beta

4.53673e-01

1.335e-01

Beta

4.61621e-01

4.312e-02

Beta

5.69394e-01

3.593e-02

Beta

5.87594e-01

1.540e-02

Beta

6.11873e-01

7.187e-02

Beta

6.23252e-01

1.335e-02

Beta

6.44114e-01

3.593e-02

Beta

6.89260e-01

1.540e-02

Beta

8.01816e-01

1.951e-01

Beta

2.29204e-05

2.732e-01

Auger electron

2.49376e-05

9.095e-02

Auger electron

1.21279e-04

3.127e-02

Auger electron

4.49281e-04

7.065e-02

Auger electron

3.08210e-03

2.777e-02

Auger electron

2.82295e-01

1.695e-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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