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BS 5869:1980

Superseded

Superseded

A superseded Standard is one, which is fully replaced by another Standard, which is a new edition of the same Standard.

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Specification for X and γ reference radiations for calibrating dosemeters and dose ratemeters and for determining their response as a function of photon energy

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

30-04-1980

Superseded date

15-03-1998

$623.34
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National foreword
Cooperating organizations
Specification
1 Scope and field of application
2 References
3 Characteristics and methods for producing the
         radiations
Tables
1 Review, X and gamma reference radiations
2 Calibration conditions of filtered X reference
         radiations
3 Metal properties
4 Inherent filtration
5 Radiators and filters used for K-fluorescence
         reference radiations
6 Exposure rates and extraneous radiation
7 Radionuclide properties
8 Specific activity and recommended chemical form
         of radioactive nuclides
9 Example for composition of diaphragm alloy used
         in the collimator of figure 1
Figures
1 Example of a collimated installation
2 - 10 Characteristics of narrow-spectrum series of
         filtered X radiations
11 - 17 Characteristics of a wide-spectrum series of
         filtered X radiations
18 Uranium spectrum
19 Schematic diagram of a K-fluorescence X-ray
         installation
Bibliography

Specifies X and gamma reference radiations for calibrating protection level dosemeters and dose ratemeters. Exposure rates covered are 10$u-6 C.kg$u-1.h$u-1 to 10$u-2 C.kg$u-1.h$u-1.

Committee
NCE/2
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
42
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy

Standards Relationship
ISO 4037:1979 Identical

BS 7518:1995 Radiation protection instrumentation. Portable, transportable or installed equipment to measure x or gamma radiation for environmental monitoring. Integrating assemblies
BS 6090:1981 Specification for personal photographic dosemeters
93/711458 DC : DRAFT JUL 1993

ISO 3534:1977 Statistics — Vocabulary and symbols
ISO 1677:1977 Sealed radioactive sources — General

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