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RELATIVE COUNTING [1 record]

Record 1 1997-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
DEF

[In nuclear chemistry], a measurement in which the activity of a sample is derived from the ratio between the count rates observed for the sample and for a source of known activity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
DEF

[En chimie nucléaire], une mesure de laquelle on déduit l'activité d'un échantillon du rapport entre les taux de comptage observés pour l'échantillon et pour une source d'activité connue.

Spanish

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