WARNING — Persons using this document should be familiar with normal laboratory practice. This document does not purport to address all of the safety problems, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user to establish appropriate safety and health practices and to ensure compliance with any national regulatory conditions.

IMPORTANT — It is absolutely essential that tests conducted in accordance with this document be carried out by suitably qualified staff.

This part of ISO 13164 gives general guidelines for sampling, packaging, and transporting of all kinds of water samples, for the measurement of the activity concentration of radon-222.

The test methods fall into two categories:

a) direct measurement of the water sample without any transfer of phase (see ISO 13164-2);
b) indirect measurement involving the transfer of the radon-222 from the aqueous phase to another phase (see ISO 13164-3).

The test methods can be applied either in the laboratory or on site.

The laboratory is responsible for ensuring the suitability of the test method for the water samples tested.

Cross References:
ISO 13164-2
ISO 5667-3
IEC 17025
ISO 80000-10
ISO 13164-3
ISO 5667-1
ISO 10703
ISO 6107-1:2004
ISO 6107-2:2006
ISO 11665-6
IEC Guide 98-3:2008
ISO 11665-5
GUM:1995
ISO 11929
IEC 61577
ISO 921:1997


Incorporates the following:
Corrigendum, March 2020; Corrigendum, January 2014