This recommendation applies to linear scale instruments used in general, regional and local prospecting and for subsurface survey and underground workings, excluding radiometric bore-hole logging probes.
They usually comprise the following parts:
— a detecting device with one or more scintillation detectors;
— a counting rate meter;
— a power supply;
— an audible device.
IS 11424-1985 history
1988IS 11424-1985 Specification for portable prospecting radiometers with gamma ray scintillation detectors (linear scale instruments)