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Designation:E1114–03

StandardTestMethodfor

DeterminingtheFocalSizeofIridium-192Industrial

RadiographicSources1

Thisstandardisissuedunderthe?xeddesignationE1114;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearof

originaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.A

superscriptepsilon(e)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.

1.Scope

objectandobjectto?lmdistancesappropriateformaintaining

thedesireddegreeofgeometricunsharpness.

1.1Thistestmethodcoversthedeterminationofthefocal

sizeofaniridium-192radiographicsource.Thedetermination

isbaseduponmeasurementoftheimageoftheiridiummetal

sourceinaprojectionradiographofthesourceassemblyand

comparisontothemeasurementoftheimageofareference

sampleinthesameradiograph.

1.2Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthe

safetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itisthe

responsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-

priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-

bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.

5.Apparatus

5.1SubjectIridium-192Source,thefocalsizeofwhichisto

bedetermined.Theappropriateapparatusandequipmentfor

thesafestorage,handling,andmanipulationofthesubject

source,suchasaradiographicexposuredevice(alsoreferredto

asagammarayprojectororcamera),remotecontrol,source

guidetube,andsourcestoparealsorequired.

5.2ReferenceSample(seeFigs.1-3)—Thereference

sampleshallbeofmaterialwhichisnotradioactive.The

recommendedmaterialisiridium.However,substitutessuchas

platinum,tungstenorothermaterialofsimilarradiopacitymay

beused.Thesampleshouldbeofthesamegeometricshapeas

thesubjectsource,shouldbeapproximatelythesamesizeas

thesubjectsource,andshouldbepositionedonorwithina

shimorenvelopetosimulatethesourcecapsulewall.The

resultingradiographiccontrast,withreferencetoadjacent

backgrounddensityoftheimageofthe