Ionizing Radiation Division

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Basic Standards and Calibrations

Microcalorimeter

The NIST microcalorimeter has been used for the calibration of such radionclides as 63Ni, 3H, and 226Ra. Typical rates of measured energy emission are of the order of 100 µW.

Reference: Radioactive Calorimetry - a Review of the Work at the National Bureau of Standards. W.B. Mann. First International Summer School on Radionuclide Metrology, Herceg-Novi, Yugsolvaia, Aug.21-Sept.1, 1972. Nucl. Instr. and Meth. 112, 273 (1973).

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