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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Ytterbium-167

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  Yb-167
Atomic number (Z):  70
Mass number (A):  167
Neutron number (N):  97

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  β+, Electron capture
Half-life:  17.5 [m]
Decay constant:  6.6014e-04 [1/s]
Daughters:  Tm-167 (100.0%)
Radioactive daughters:  Tm-167

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  0.0952 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  0.26961 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ101.008e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair1.027e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp1.525e-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-1.525e-14 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp4.320e-14 [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/Yb-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/Yb-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/Yb-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/Yb-167 Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

1.33747e-05

2.940e+01

X-ray

1.43657e-03

7.673e-02

X-ray

6.36070e-03

1.968e-02

X-ray

7.12210e-03

3.077e-02

X-ray

7.16830e-03

2.717e-01

X-ray

8.00581e-03

2.358e-02

X-ray

8.11340e-03

1.884e-01

X-ray

8.21590e-03

3.167e-02

X-ray

8.45978e-03

4.628e-02

X-ray

9.44243e-03

3.346e-02

X-ray

4.98586e-02

5.477e-01

X-ray

5.08500e-02

9.682e-01

X-ray

5.74128e-02

1.015e-01

X-ray

5.76228e-02

1.961e-01

X-ray

5.91167e-02

2.252e-02

X-ray

5.91642e-02

4.356e-02

X-ray

5.94584e-02

1.045e-02

X-ray

6.29000e-02

4.896e-02

Gamma

1.06160e-01

2.244e-01

Gamma

1.13320e-01

5.508e-01

Gamma

1.16570e-01

2.815e-02

Gamma

1.31990e-01

2.774e-02

Gamma

1.43460e-01

2.101e-02

Gamma

1.76230e-01

2.040e-01

Gamma

1.77220e-01

2.713e-02

Gamma

2.06752e-05

1.380e+00

Auger electron

4.71999e-05

1.044e-02

Auger electron

1.47933e-04

1.310e+01

Auger electron

2.28057e-04

4.288e-01

Auger electron

2.49910e-04

2.341e+00

Auger electron

3.69000e-04

5.299e-01

Conversion electron

8.20599e-04

1.717e-01

Conversion electron

8.59436e-04

5.400e-01

Auger electron

1.19615e-03

4.922e+00

Auger electron

1.37411e-03

2.345e-01

Auger electron

1.56412e-03

1.433e-02

Auger electron

1.81190e-03

1.777e-01

Conversion electron

3.41201e-03

4.994e-01

Conversion electron

5.06490e-03

2.127e-02

Conversion electron

5.68848e-03

1.647e+00

Auger electron

7.12816e-03

5.921e-01

Auger electron

8.58490e-03

2.016e-01

Conversion electron

8.60134e-03

5.391e-02

Auger electron

1.04500e-02

5.528e-02

Conversion electron

2.69690e-02

1.180e-02

Conversion electron

2.74206e-02

1.512e-02

Conversion electron

2.84119e-02

1.712e-02

Conversion electron

3.51849e-02

1.049e-02

Conversion electron

4.07026e-02

6.903e-02

Auger electron

4.57020e-02

1.373e-02

Conversion electron

4.66720e-02

5.048e-01

Conversion electron

4.84128e-02

3.511e-02

Auger electron

5.28190e-02

6.925e-02

Conversion electron

5.38320e-02

1.101e-01

Conversion electron

5.70820e-02

2.031e-02

Conversion electron

6.10349e-02

1.792e-02

Conversion electron

7.25020e-02

1.448e-02

Conversion electron

9.60790e-02

6.970e-02

Conversion electron

1.03239e-01

1.170e-02

Conversion electron

1.04295e-01

1.757e-02

Conversion electron

1.06941e-01

1.046e-02

Conversion electron

1.16742e-01

1.280e-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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