background

of a radiation measuring device
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The term employed to designate the value indicated by a @R05048@ measuring device in the absence of the source whose radiation is to be measured, when the device is placed under its normal conditions of operation.
Source:
PAC, 1982, 54, 1533. (Glossary of terms used in nuclear analytical chemistry (Provisional)) on page 1536 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'background' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 3rd ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2006. Online version 3.0.1, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.B00577 RIS BibTex EndNote
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