Location
- Radiation Physics Laboratory
- Estrada de San Lourenzo, 1, 15782Santiago de Compostela
As a secondary dosimetry laboratory for therapy levels, the Radiophysics Laboratory has a secondary absorbed dose rate in water standard (traced to the German primary laboratory PTB).
As a secondary dosimetry laboratory for radiation protection levels, the Radiophysics Laboratory has a secondary air-in-air kerma and secondary ambient dose equivalent rate standard (traced to the German primary laboratory PTB).
Additional dosimetry instrumentation
In addition, the laboratory has instruments to measure absolute or relative dose:
- Electrometers
- Ionisation chambers for cylindrical and planoparallel therapy levels of different active volumes.
- Diode detectors
- Beam analyser
- Radiochromic film
Instrumentation to measure environmental parameters
Laboratory environmental conditions are measured with instrumentation calibrated in accredited laboratories:
- Absolute barometer
- Telethermometer with multiple external probes
- Thermohygrometer
Instrumentation to measure dimensional magnitudes
The laboratory has equipment calibrated in accredited laboratories for measuring lengths.
- Two-contact inside micrometer
- Outside micrometers
- Callipers
Electronic instrumentation
- Digital multimeter with 40-channel multiplexer cards.
- Adjustable DC power supplies
- Multimeters
- HV sources
- Oscilloscopes
Radiophysics Laboratory
- Radiophysics Laboratory. Faculty of Physics
- Estrada de San Lourenzo, 1, 15782Santiago de Compostela