A source for measurement of the absolute intensities of 226Ra gamma-radiation in equilibrium with decay products

Appl Radiat Isot. 2002 Jan-Feb;56(1-2):37-40. doi: 10.1016/s0969-8043(01)00163-4.

Abstract

The design and production techniques of a gamma-ray spectrometric source of 226Ra in equilibrium with its daughter decay products have been developed. The radon emanation coefficient of the source did not exceed 0.1%. The 226Ra activity in the gamma-ray spectrometric source was measured relative to that in an alpha-particle spectrometric source by comparison of the intensities of the main gamma rays using a semiconductor gamma-ray spectrometer. The total uncertainty of the activity measurement results was 0.5% for a coverage factor of k = 2.