Wipe sample

Wipe sample

Wiping of 100 square centimetres of a surface with a philtre paper or a cotton swab for the purpose of determining if removable contamination is present. The wipe is then analysed with a radiation detection instrument, such as a survey metre or a LSC).

This is auto-generated content. You can help to improve it.

0 0

Improve it

Add an image

Part of Speech: noun
Synonym(s):
Blossary:
Industry/Domain: Environment
Category: Radiation hazards
Educational Institution: Harvard University
Product:
Acronym-Abbreviation:

Collect to Blossary

Other Languages:

Related terms

wipe sample

Energy; Nuclear energy

A sample made for the purpose of determining the presence of removable radioactive contamination on a surface. It is done by wiping, with slight pressure, a piece of soft filter ...

wipe sample

Environment; Radiation hazards

Wiping of 100 square centimeters of a surface with a filter paper or a cotton swab for the purpose of determining if removable contamination is present. The wipe is then analyzed ...

Wipe

Entertainment; Movies

An editing technique in which images from one shot are fully replaced by the images of another, delimited by a definite border that moves across or around the frame.

sample

Convention; Conferences

Any portion of the population selected for a study.

sample

Weather; Meteorology

In statistics, a group of observations selected from a statistical population by a set procedure. Samples may be selected at random or systematically. The sample is taken in an ...

sample

Sociology; General sociology

Individuals chosen to represent the population in a research study.

corona

Environment; Radiation hazards

The outer layer of thin and extremely hot gas that surrounds the sun and other stars. It is only visible during a total eclipse of the sun.

nuclear waste

Environment; Radiation hazards

Radioactive (nuclear) pollution is a special form of physical pollution related to all major life-supporting systems – air, water and soil. It is always convenient to discuss ...

greenhouse effect

Environment; Radiation hazards

The trapping of the Sun's heat in the Earth's atmosphere. The greenhouse effect is caused by the presence of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

Greenhouse effect

Environment; Radiation hazards

The greenhouse effect occurs when the thermal energy reflected by the Earth to the atmosphere (from the sun) is absorbed by the greenhouse gases on it. Due to this, the radiation ...

sodium iodide (NaI) detector

Environment; Radiation hazards

A detector which combines a scintillation crystal (produces light when struck by ionizing radiation), a photomultiplier tube, and associated electronic circuits for counting light ...