Published January 2017 | Version v1
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Update of the BIPM comparison BIPM.RI(II)-K1.Am-241 of activity measurements of the radionuclide 241Am to include the 2009 results of the POLATOM (Poland), MKEH (Hungary) and the 2011 results of the LNE-LNHB (France)

  • 1. Bureau International des Poids et Mesures - BIPM, Pavillon de Breteuil, F-92310 Sevres (France)
  • 2. Radioisotope Centre POLATOM, Andrzeja Soltana 7, 05-400 Otwock (Poland)
  • 3. MKEH, (Hungary)
  • 4. Laboratoire national Henri Becquerel - LNE-LNHB, CEA, DRT, LIST, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, (France)

Description

Since 2009, three national metrology institutes (NMI) have submitted three samples of known activity of 241Am to the International Reference System (SIR) for activity comparison at the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM), with comparison identifier BIPM.RI(II)-K1.Am-241. The values of the activity submitted were between about 3 MBq and 38 MBq. These three results replace their earlier results obtained in the linked CCRI(II)-K2.Am-241 in 2003. There are now five results in the BIPM.RI(II)-K1.Am-241 comparison, 16 results remaining from the CCRI(II)-K2.Am-241 comparison and two results in the COOMET.RI(II)-K2.Am-241 comparison. The degrees of equivalence between each equivalent activity measured in the SIR and the KCRV dating 2007 have been calculated and the results are given in the form of a table. A graphical presentation is also given.

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Journal Title
Metrologia
Journal Volume
54
Journal Issue
no.1A
Journal Page Range
p. 06010.1-06010.15
ISSN
0026-1394

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