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Record 1 - external organization data 1997-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Instruments
  • Measuring Instruments (Engineering)
  • Radiological Physics (Theory and Application)
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
CONT

Today, many industries use equipment such as nuclear measuring gauges that incorporate a radioactive source. These nuclear gauges provide an inexpensive, yet highly reliable and accurate method of measuring the thickness, density, or make-up of a wide variety of material or surfaces. There are two types of nuclear gauges, fixed and portable.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments scientifiques
  • Instruments de mesure (Ingénierie)
  • Physique radiologique et applications
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
CONT

À l'heure actuelle, plusieurs industries utilisent des jauges nucléaires qui contiennent une source radioactive. Ces jauges fournissent un moyen économique et pourtant extrêmement fiable et exact de mesurer l'épaisseur, la densité ou la composition d'un vaste éventail de matériaux et de surfaces. Il existe deux genres de jauges nucléaires, les fixes et les portatives.

Spanish

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