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Lu-173 — Lutetium-173

The half-life of Lu-173 is 1.37 years. Main decay mode: electron capture to Yb-173 (100%).

Identification

Element
Lutetium (Lu)
Atomic number Z
71
Mass number A
173
State
Radioactive

Key quantities

Half-life
1.37 years
Specific activity
5.581e+13 Bq/g
Gamma constant Γ
—
A1 / A2 for transport (SSR-6, НП-053-16)
8 TBq / 8 TBq
D-value (НП-067-24)
0.9 TBq

Decay modes

  • electron capture → Yb-173 — 100 %

Main gamma lines

Energy, keVYield, %
52.389 · X-ray line76.73
51.355 · X-ray line43.54
272.10521.2
78.6311.87
100.7245.236
171.3932.904
636.111.452
179.3651.376
285.3620.6106
233.6050.5533

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

Related calculators

DecayActivity ↔ massSource categoryDose rateA1/A2 and package type

Other isotopes of this element

Lu-177
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.

Lutetium-173 (Lu-173) — reference data

What is in the card

This card gathers the key data of radionuclide Lu-173 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 Lu-173 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.