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Ir-188 — Iridium-188

The half-life of Ir-188 is 1.7292 d. Main decay mode: β⁺ decay / electron capture to Os-188 (100%).

Identification

Element
Iridium (Ir)
Atomic number Z
77
Mass number A
188
State
Radioactive

Key quantities

Half-life
1.7292 d
Specific activity
1.486e+16 Bq/g
Gamma constant Γ
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D-value (НП-067-24)
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Decay modes

  • β⁺ decay / electron capture → Os-188 — 100 %

Main gamma lines

Energy, keVYield, %
63 · X-ray line44.9
155.0529.69
61.487 · X-ray line25.91
2,214.5918.67
633.0217.93
477.9914.7
2,059.657.056
1,209.776.909
1,715.676.174
2,096.95.733

Lines of the bare nuclide (ENDF/B-VIII.0), without daughter ingrowth.

Alpha and beta particles

RadiationEnergy, keVYield, %
β⁺, E max1,6110.19
1,1330.12
1,288.10.011

For β⁺ the endpoint (maximum) energy of the spectrum is given. ENDF/B-VIII.0.

Related calculators

DecayActivity ↔ massDose rate

Other isotopes of this element

Ir-192
Reference data vs computed valuesHalf-life, gamma lines and D-value are reference data (ENDF/B-VIII.0, НП-067-24).Gamma constant Γ is H*(10) at 1 m computed from ICRP-107 spectra (NIST µ_en/ρ, ICRP-74 Table A.21) including short-lived progeny in equilibrium (e.g. Cs-137/Ba-137m, Ra-226 series); specific activity uses molar mass M ≈ mass number A.K-series X-ray energies are from NIST SRD 128 (Deslattes et al., 2003): in ENDF/B-VIII.0 they are given to 1 % and shifted by up to 0.7 keV for heavy elements. L-series lines and all yields are ENDF/B-VIII.0.

Iridium-188 (Ir-188) — reference data

What is in the card

This card gathers the key data of radionuclide Ir-188 in one place: half-life, decay modes, main gamma lines, alpha and beta particle energies, gamma constant, specific activity and the D-value for source categorization. Decay and emission data are from ENDF/B-VIII.0; the D-value follows NP-067-24; the gamma constant is the ambient dose equivalent H*(10) at 1 m, computed from ICRP-107 spectra.

How to use the data

Half-life and specific activity let you recalculate the activity of a Ir-188 source to the delivery or disposal date — use the decay calculator. Gamma lines with yields identify the nuclide from a spectrum and pick the line for gamma spectrometry; the gamma constant Γ gives the dose rate at a distance, while the D-value and A1/A2 set the source category and the package type for transport.