Heat conduction, convection and radiolysis of the

The calorimeter allows the water absorbed dose, a measure of radiotherapy, to be measured according to its definition. Different detector types are used in the PTB calorimeter; this paper discusses heat conduction, convection and the radiolysis of the

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system for a ‘sealed’ detector. The ‘sealed’ detector allows the calorimeter to be operated at room temperature in the case of ⁶⁰Co-γ-radiation.