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. 2003 Oct 1;108(5):337–358. doi: 10.6028/jres.108.030

Table 6a.

Correction factors for measurements made with the original WAFAC, assuming a source-to-aperture distance of 30 cm

Correction factor For: Currently implemented values
Values from the analyses presented in the text
125I 103Pd 125I 125I +
0.053
Ag Kx
125I +
0.094
Ag Kx
125I
0.195
Ag Kx
125I +
0.181
Pd Kx
103Pd
1 kdecay Correction to reference date, T1/2(d) 59.43 16.991 59.40 59.40 59.40 59.40 59.40 16.991
2 ksat Recombination inside WAFAC <1.004 <1.004 <1.004 <1.004 <1.004 <1.004 <1.004 <1.004
3 kfoil Attenuation in filter 1.0295 1.0738 1.0320 1.0342 1.0358 1.0394 1.0417 1.0776
4 katt-WAFAC Aperture-to-WAFAC air attenuation 1.0042 1.0079 1.0051 1.0053 1.0054 1.0058 1.0060 1.0094
5 katt-SA Source-to-aperture air attenuation 1.0125 1.0240 1.0143 1.0149 1.0153 1.0163 1.0170 1.0267
6 kinvsq Inverse-square correction for aperture 1.0089 1.0089 1.0089 1.0089 1.0089 1.0089 1.0089 1.0089
7 khumidity Humidity correction 0.9982 0.9981 0.9979 0.9979 0.9979 0.9979 0.9979 0.9979
8 kint-scatt In-chamber photon-scatter correction 0.9966 0.9962 0.9968 0.9968 0.9968 0.9967 0.9967 0.9964
9 kstem Source-holder stem-scatter correction 0.9985 0.9985 0.9985 0.9985 0.9985 0.9985 0.9985 0.9985
10 kelec In-chamber electron-loss correction 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
11 kpen Aperture penetration 0.9999 0.9999 0.9999 0.9999 0.9999 0.9999 0.9999 0.9997
12 kext-scatt External photon-scatter correction 1.0 1.0 0.9947 0.9947 0.9947 0.9947 0.9947 0.9945

Π k3-12 1.0489 1.1100 1.0486 1.0516 1.0538 1.0587 1.0621 1.1121

Percent change −0.03 +0.26 +0.47 +0.93 +1.26 +0.19