Re: I-129 Sources

["Franz Schoenhofer" <franz.schoenhofer@chello.at>]

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Perrero, Daren <Perrero@idns.state.il.us>
An: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
Datum: Mittwoch, 10. Jänner 2001 23:05
Betreff: RE: I-129 Sources


>I believe what you are referring to is commonly called "a mock iodine"
>source.  The I-129 is configured in such a way that the emitted spectrum
>mimics that of I-125 but has the obvious advantage of the extended half
life
>of I-129.  Most gamma counter equipment vendors would be happy to link you
>up with direct vendors or may even be able to provide such sources
>themselves.


"Mock Iodine" is not I-129, it cannot be, because I-129 is not a
gamma-emitter. Somewhere deeply buried in my brain the information is
stored, maybe it was Ba-133. Daren is right - the vendors can answer this
questions.

Franz




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