Decay of ${}^{99m}$Tc as part of calibration procedure for ${}^{192}$Ir activity measurements using a well type ionization chamber

Abstract

In this work the linearity in the response of an ionization-chamber as a function of ${}^{99m}$Tc activity was checked as part of a calibration procedure for ${}^{192}$Ir activity measurements. The non-linearity was found to be caused mainly by the electrometer range switching. A model based on the hypothesis that the non-linear effect did not influence the decay constant was tested. This method allowed to correct the non-linear effect and obtain the 99mTc activity with good acuracy.

This is a proceedings manuscript published in print in 2008 by the Brazilian Physical Society. The name of the issue is Proceedings of the XXX RTFNB, and it has not been published online as far as the authors are aware. The ISBN of the issue is ISBN 978-85-89064-13-2