Uncertainties in internal gas counting

M Unterweger (1) , L. Johansson (2) , L Karam (1) , M. Rodrigues (3) , A. Yunoki (4)

1 NIST - National Institute of Standards and Technology [Gaithersburg]
2 NPL - National Physical Laboratory [Teddington]
3 LNHB - Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel
4 AIST - National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

The uncertainties in internal gas counting will be broken down into counting uncertainties and gas handling uncertainties. Counting statistics, spectrum analysis, and electronic uncertainties will be discussed with respect to the actual counting of the activity. The effects of the gas handling and quantities of counting and sample gases on the uncertainty in the determination of the activity will be included when describing the uncertainties arising in the sample preparation.

Keywords: gas counting; uncertainties; metrology

Domains: Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex]; Signal and Image processing

M Unterweger, L. Johansson, L Karam, M. Rodrigues, A. Yunoki. Uncertainties in internal gas counting. Metrologia, 2015, 52 (3), pp.S156 - S164. ⟨10.1088/0026-1394/52/3/S156⟩. ⟨cea-01865485⟩