A dual-compensated cryogenic microcalorimeter for radioactivity standardizations

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 56, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 223-230

  Colle R ^a   Zimmerman, B E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Calorimetry; Cryogenics; Instrument; Measurement; Metrology; Microcalorimetry; Radioactivity; Standards

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETERS; ELECTRON EMISSION; STANDARDIZATION;

INTERNAL CALIBRATION HEATER;

RADIOISOTOPES;

CARBON 14; IODINE 125; IRON 55; LEAD 210; NICKEL 63; PALLADIUM 103; PHOSPHORUS 32; RADIUM 226; STRONTIUM 90; TRITIUM; YTTRIUM 90;

ARTICLE; BETA RADIATION; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALIBRATION; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; EVALUATION; FROZEN SECTION; MICROCALORIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0036137558     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(01)00192-0     Document Type: Article

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