Published July 1998
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Journal article
X-ray beams characterization by the attenuation method for the personal dosemeters calibration
Creators
- 1. Direccion General de Seguridad Radiologica, Instituto Peruano de Energia Nuclear, Lima (Peru)
- 2. Facultad de Ciencias Fisicas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima (Peru)
Description
The choice of the attenuation method to characterize the x-ray beams used in the calibration of personal dosemeters at the Calibration and Dosimetry Laboratory of the Peruvian Institute of Nuclear Energy (IPEN). Voltages applied to the X-ray tube and the addition of filters have been made according to the publication ANSI No. 13. Half value layer, homogeneity coefficient and mean energy were determined from attenuation data. Average relative differences of 3, 40 and 4% respectively were found with respect to values published in ANSI No. 13. Also spectral distributions and their resolutions were determined. relative differences of 6 and 19% respectively were found in comparison with values calculated by the Monte Carlo Method
Additional details
Additional titles
- Original title (Spanish)
- Caracterizacion de haces de rayos-x por el metodo de atenuacion para la calibracion de dosimetros personales
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Revista de Investigacion de Fisica
- Journal Volume
- 1
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Series
- 7 refs., 1 fig., 1 tab.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 52-55
- ISSN
- 1605-7724
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Peru
- Country of Input or Organization
- Peru
- INIS RN
- 31013636
- Subject category
- S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY;
- Descriptors DEI
- CALIBRATION; CALIBRATION STANDARDS; DOSEMETERS; DOSIMETRY; DSA METHOD; ENERGY SPECTRA; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIATION PROTECTION; X-RAY EQUIPMENT; X-RAY SOURCES
- Descriptors DEC
- COUNTING TECHNIQUES; EQUIPMENT; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; RADIATION SOURCES; SPECTRA; STANDARDS