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M W van Rooy1, M J van Staden1, J Lubbe1
1Radioactivity Standards Laboratory, NMISA, 15 Lower Hope Road, Rosebank 7700, Cape Town, South Africa.
Abstract:
This paper reports on absolute activity measurements of iron-59 made at the National Metrology Institute of South Africa (NMISA) via 4π(LS)β-γ coincidence counting. The exercise formed part of an Asia Pacific Metrology Program (APMP) regional key comparison. Source data were analysed by the extrapolation technique for a number of gamma-ray window settings. In addition, a feasibility study was undertaken on a second technique; a non-extrapolation method based on a detection efficiency analysis. The reported activity concentration of the (59)Fe solution was determined with a relative uncertainty of 0.28% (k=1), the uncertainty being due mainly to the rate vs. efficiency fitting process. The result from the non-extrapolation method was lower than that given by extrapolation by 0.33%, within two standard deviations. Possible reasons for the small discrepancy are discussed.
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