Page 575 - Radiation Safety

X-ray Analyzers

Safety features of X-ray analyzers:

Tube housing:

▪ Should be interlocked to the X-ray tube so that removal of one from the other or any

part of the housing will immediately de-energise the X-ray tube.

▪ Should be made of material of sufficient strength and thickness to ensure that it cannot

easily be fractured or deformed under normal use, accident or misused.

▪ The radiation dose in one hour on the surface for any permissible operation should not

exceed those specified by the manufacturer and/or standards recognised by the AELB.