Published August 2007
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Journal article
Primary radioactive gas standards (excluding radon)
Creators
- 1. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Radioactivity Group, Ionizing Radiation Div., Gaithersburg, MD (United States)
Description
This paper presents an overview of the primary calibration of radioactive gas standards using length-compensated internal gas counters. The principle of length compensation and the effects of high voltage, detector material and gas pressure are discussed. Some examples of primary calibrations are given. (author)
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Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Metrologia
- Journal Volume
- 44
- Journal Issue
- no.4
- Journal Page Range
- p. S79-S81
- ISSN
- 0026-1394
- CODEN
- MTRGAU
INIS
- Country of Publication
- France
- Country of Input or Organization
- France
- INIS RN
- 39011978
- Subject category
- S07: ISOTOPES AND RADIATION SOURCES;
- Descriptors DEI
- ACCURACY; ARGON 37; ARGON 39; CALIBRATION STANDARDS; COUNTING TECHNIQUES; DATA COVARIANCES; INTERLABORATORY COMPARISONS; KRYPTON 85; TRITIUM; XENON 127; XENON 131; XENON 133
- Descriptors DEC
- ARGON ISOTOPES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; HYDROGEN ISOTOPES; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; KRYPTON ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; MICROSECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; RADIOISOTOPES; STABLE ISOTOPES; STANDARDS; XENON ISOTOPES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
Optional Information
- Notes
- 14 refs.