Calibration of (55)Fe activity with a lithium-drifted silicon detector

Akira Yunoki; Takahiro Yamada; Yasushi Sato; Yasushi Kawada; Yoshio Hino

doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2008.02.014

Calibration of (55)Fe activity with a lithium-drifted silicon detector

Appl Radiat Isot. 2008 Jun-Jul;66(6-7):756-9. doi: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2008.02.014. Epub 2008 Feb 8.

Authors

Akira Yunoki¹, Takahiro Yamada, Yasushi Sato, Yasushi Kawada, Yoshio Hino

Affiliation

¹ National Metrology Institute of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan. a.yunoki@aist.go.jp

PMID: 18356063
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2008.02.014

Abstract

NMIJ participated in the CCRI (II) key comparison of (55)Fe activity measurement. A planar-type Si(Li) detector and a liquid-scintillation counter were used to calibrate the activity. The calibration result obtained by the Si(Li) detector agreed with that obtained by the liquid-scintillation counter using the CIEMAT/NIST method within uncertainty. The result was reported to the BIPM in 2006. The activity of (55)Fe was also measured by using a 2pi pressurized proportional counter. The result obtained by the 2pi pressurized proportional counter agreed with the above results within uncertainty. The measurement by the Si(Li) detector was very simple and its procedure was a combination of conventional methods. The measurement by the liquid-scintillation counter is most popular to calibrate the activity of (55)Fe. However the Si(Li) detector is also useful.