Editorial - Tissue-Equivalent Proportional Counters in Radiation Protection
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Calibrating and testing tissue equivalent proportional counters with <Superscript>37 </Superscript>Ar
A method for testing and calibrating tissue equivalent proportional counters with 37At is described. 37Ar is produced by exposure of argon in its normal isotope composition to thermal neutrons. It is shown that up to volume ratios of 0.01 of argon to the tissue equivalent gas there is no appreciable effect of the argon admixture on the function of the proportional counter. Conventional calibrat...
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عنوان ژورنال: Radiation Protection Dosimetry
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0144-8420,1742-3406
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032304