Primary standardization of activity using the coincidence method based on analogue instrumentation

Metrologia

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Bobin, Christophe ^a  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRAPOLATION; INSTRUMENT COMPONENTS; METRIC SYSTEM; RADIOISOTOPES;

COINCIDENCE INSTRUMENTATION; RADIONUCLIDE METROLOGY;

STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 34547667001     PISSN: 00261394     EISSN: 16817575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0026-1394/44/4/S04     Document Type: Article

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