Parameter: instrument active time

Short Description: 
instrument active time
Short Name: 
dead_time
Official Name: 
dead_time
Units: 
percent
Graphable: 
Yes
No Data Value: 
nd
Description

Specific to radioanalysis (using a germanium detector) of the Fukushima radiation biota samples, this represents the amount of time during which the instrument is actively processing a signal and cannot accept another input signal.