IEC 60325:2002

FOREWORD
1 Scope and object
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Units
5 Classification of assemblies
6 General characteristics
   6.1 Detection assemblies
   6.2 Ease of decontamination
   6.3 Sealing
   6.4 Alarm threshold
   6.5 Instrument indication
   6.6 Effective range of measurement
   6.7 Display
   6.8 Mechanical shocks
   6.9 Setting up and maintenance facilities for electronic
        equipment
7 General test procedures
   7.1 Tests
   7.2 General
   7.3 Background
   7.4 Statistical fluctuations
8 Electrical characteristics
   8.1 Statistical fluctuations
   8.2 Response time
   8.3 Interrelationship between response time and statistical
        fluctuations
   8.4 Alarm threshold drift
   8.5 Warm-up time test (for portable assemblies)
   8.6 Resolution time
   8.7 Overload protection
   8.8 Operating plateau (for detection assemblies only)
   8.9 Threshold (for detection assemblies only)
9 Radiation characteristics
   9.1 General
   9.2 Instrument efficiency
   9.3 Variation of response over the surface of the detector
   9.4 Relative intrinsic error
   9.5 Variation of surface emission rate response with
        radiation energy
   9.6 Response to other ionizing radiations
   9.7 Background count rate
10 Environmental influences
   10.1 Ambient temperature
   10.2 Relative humidity
   10.3 Power supply
   10.4 Electromagnetic compatibility
11 Storage
   11.1 General
   11.2 Mechanical shock
12 Documentation
   12.1 Identification certificate
Tables

Lays down standard requirements and gives examples of acceptable methods, and also specifies general characteristics, general test conditions, radiation characteristics, electrical safety, environmental characteristics, and the requirements of the identification certificate for alpha, beta and alpha/beta contamination meters and monitors.