IEEE N42.25-1997
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American National Standard Calibration and Usage of Alpha/Beta Proportional Counters
Hardcopy , PDF
English
25-09-1997
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1 Overview
1.1 Scope
1.2 Special word usage
2 References
3 Definitions
3.1 Glossary
3.2 Symbols
3.3 Apparatus
4 Calibration
4.1 General
4.2 Detector plateau measurement
4.3 Discriminator settings
4.4 Background
4.5 Efficiency
5 Sources
5.1 Efficiency calibration sources
5.2 Check sources
6 Performance tests
6.1 Sources
6.2 Verification of counter background
6.3 Verification of alpha, beta, and guard plateau bias
points
6.4 Verification of crosstalk (spillup/spilldown)
6.5 Effectiveness of guard detector
6.6 Verification of alpha and beta efficiency
6.7 Estimated uncertainty for gross alpha/beta screening
7 Determination of uncertainties and their propagation
8 Quality control and assurance
Annex A (informative) preparation of working standards from
standard solutions
A.1 Simple volumetric preparation of planchet style sources
A.2 Simple gravimetric preparation of planchet style sources
Annex B (informative) guidance on measurement of samples
B.1 General precautions
B.2 Net count rates
B.3 Concentrations
B.4 Weight correction
B.5 Health physics smear samples
Annex C (informative) bibliography
This standard provides a basis for the calibration and use of gas proportional counters with or without active guard detectors.
| DocumentType |
Standard
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| ISBN |
978-0-7381-0749-3
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| Pages |
32
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| PublisherName |
Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers
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| Status |
Current
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| IEEE/ANSI N42.14-1999 | American National Standard for Calibration and Use of Germanium Spectrometers for the Measurement of Gamma-Ray Emission Rates of Radionuclides |
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