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DIN EN ISO 23548 VDE 0493-3548:2025-12

Measurement of radioactivity – Alpha emitting radionuclides

Generic test method using alpha spectrometry

(ISO 23548:2024); German version EN ISO 23548:2025
Class/Status: Standard, valid
Released: 2025-12
VDE Art. No.: 0400680

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This document describes a generic method to measure the activity of natural and anthropogenic alpha emitters, in natural and food samples or other kind of samples, by alpha spectrometry after specific preparation (according to type of sample matrices) and chemical separation of radionuclides of interest. This method can be used to measure very low levels activity concentrations, one or two orders of magnitude less than the usual natural levels of alpha emitting radionuclides.