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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Ytterbium-175

Isotope:  Yb-175
Atomic number (Z):  70
Mass number (A):  175
Neutron number (N):  105

Decay modes:  β-
Half-life:  4.185 [d]
Decay constant:  1.9170e-06 [1/s]
Daughters:  Lu-175 (100.0%)
Radioactive daughters:  None

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  0.13077 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  0.0391 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ₁₀:  1.489e-18 [Gy·m²/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, K_air:  1.489e-18 [Gy·m²/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δ_wp:  2.095e-14 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for alphas, Δ_α:  0.000e+00 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for betas/electrons, Δ_β-,β+,e-:  2.095e-14 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δ_p:  6.265e-15 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]

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-175 DPK.csv

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-175 Summary Spectrum.csv

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-175 Beta Spectrum.csv

 

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-175 Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]	Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01	Radiation type
1.40207e-05	4.773e-01	X-ray
5.30692e-02	1.132e-02	X-ray
5.41988e-02	1.987e-02	X-ray
1.13805e-01	1.882e-02	Gamma
2.82522e-01	3.008e-02	Gamma
3.96329e-01	6.400e-02	Gamma
1.86818e-02	1.020e-01	Beta
1.01967e-01	3.300e-02	Beta
1.39446e-01	8.650e-01	Beta
9.95012e-06	4.146e-02	Auger electron
2.16357e-05	5.878e-02	Auger electron
1.56532e-04	1.704e-01	Auger electron
2.66751e-04	3.039e-02	Auger electron
1.31004e-03	7.178e-02	Auger electron
5.97799e-03	2.350e-02	Auger electron
5.03630e-02	3.647e-02	Conversion electron

 

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

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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