Designation:E1894−13aStandardGuideforSelectingDosimetrySystemsforApplicationinPulsedX-RaySources1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationE1894;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1ThisguideprovidesassistanceinselectingandusingdosimetrysystemsinflashX-rayexperiments.Bothdoseanddose-ratetechniquesaredescribed.1.2OperatingcharacteristicsofflashX-raysourcesaregiven,withemphasisonthespectrumofthephotonoutput.1.3Assistanceisprovidedtorelatethemeasureddosetotheresponseofadeviceundertest(DUT).Thedeviceisassumedtobeasemiconductorelectronicpartorsystem.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2E170TerminologyRelatingtoRadiationMeasurementsandDosimetryE666PracticeforCalculatingAbsorbedDoseFromGammaorXRadiationE668PracticeforApplicationofThermoluminescence-Dosimetry(TLD)SystemsforDeterminingAbsorbedDoseinRadiation-HardnessTestingofElectronicDevicesE1249PracticeforMinimizingDosimetryErrorsinRadia-tionHardnessTestingofSiliconElectronicDevicesUsingCo-60Sources2.2ISO/ASTMStandards:3ISO/ASTM51261PracticeforCalibrationofRoutineDo-simetrySystemsforRadiationProcessingISO/ASTM51275PracticeforUseofaRadiochromicFilmDosimetrySystemISO/ASTM51310PracticeforUseofaRadiochromicOpticalWaveguideDosimetrySystem2.3InternationalCommissiononRadiationUnits(ICRU)andMeasurementsReports:4ICRUReport14RadiationDosimetry:XraysandGammaRayswithMaximumPhotonEnergiesBetween0.6and50MeVICRUReport17RadiationDosimetry:XraysGeneratedatPotentialsof5to150kVICRUReport34TheDosimetryofPulsedRadiationICRUReport51QuantitiesandUnitsinRadiationProtec-tionDosimetryICRUReport60FundamentalQuantitiesandUnitsforIonizingRadiationICRUReport76MeasurementQualityAssuranceforIoniz-ingRadiationDosimetryICRUReport77ElasticScatteringofElectronsandPosi-tronsICRUReport80DosimetrySystemsforUseinRadiationProcess...