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FLIR Detection D. Glossary
Also known as: 𝛼 Radiation
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
An organization that oversees the development of voluntary consensus standards for prod-
ucts, services, processes, systems, and personnel in the USA.
ANSI
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American National Standards Institute
ANSI N42.42
An
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XML -based data format standard for radiation detectors used for homeland security.
Sometimes a version is speci ied with the year of release, for example, ANSI N42.42 2006.
ANSI N42.42 formatted iles can be processed and analyzed with third-party software includ-
ing, for example, applications provided by public institutions such as Cambio and GADRAS
(Sandia National Laboratories, USA,
http://www.sandia.gov
), or PeakEasy (Los Alamos
National Laboratory, USA,
http://www.lanl.gov
).
Also known as: N42
Army Time
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24-Hour Clock
Astronomical Time
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24-Hour Clock
Atom
The basic unit of matter consisting of a
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Nucleus surrounded by a cloud of
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Electrons .
Atomic Mass
The mass of a speci ic
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Isotope , sum of the masses of all
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Protons ,
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Neutrons (
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Mass Num-
ber ), and
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Electrons .
Atomic Mass Number
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Mass Number
Atomic Number (Z)
The number of
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Protons in the
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Nucleus of an
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Atom .
Also known as: Proton Number
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Particle
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Beta Particle
𝛽
Radiation
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Beta Radiation
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