UNI ISO 6980-2 : 2008
Superseded
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Nuclear energy - Reference beta particle radiation - Part 2: Calibration principles relating to the fundamental quantities characterizing the radiation field
29-02-2024
17-07-2018
Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Calibration and traceability of reference radiation fields
5 General principles for calibrations of radionuclide
beta-particle fields
5.1 General
5.2 Scaling to derive equivalent thicknesses of various
materials
5.3 Characterization of the radiation field in terms of
penetrability
6 Calibration procedures using the extrapolation chamber
6.1 General
6.2 Determination of the reference beta-particle
absorbed-dose rate
7 Calibrations with other measurement devices
7.1 Calibrations with thermoluminescence dosemeters
7.2 Calibrations with thermally stimulated exo-electron
emission dosemeters
7.3 Calibrations with ionization chambers
7.4 Calibrations with scintillator detectors
8 Measurements at non-perpendicular incidence
9 Uncertainties
Annex A (informative) - List of symbols
Annex B (normative) - Extrapolation chamber measurements
Annex C (normative) - Extrapolation chamber measurement
correction factors
Annex D (informative) - Example of an uncertainty analysis
Bibliography
The standard, part of the UNI ISO 6980 series, specifies the methods for measuring the directional absorbed dose rate, due to the series of radiation fields of reference beta particles specified in UNI ISO 6980, in a slab phantom material equivalent to fabric.
Committee |
CT 45
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DocumentType |
Standard
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PublisherName |
Ente Nazionale Italiano di Unificazione (UNI)
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Status |
Superseded
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Standards | Relationship |
ISO 6980-2:2004 | Identical |
ISO 6980:1996 | Reference beta radiations for calibrating dosemeters and dose-rate meters and for determining their response as a function of beta-radiation energy |
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