# ISO 8769:1988 — Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards For ISO 8769:1988, item title is Reference sources for the calibration of surface contamination monitors — Beta-emitters (maximum beta energy greater than 0,15 MeV) and alpha-emitters; status code is 9599; successor is ISO/WD 8769 | ISO 8769:2010; withdrawn / published date is 1988-06-23, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05. - **Identifier:** ISO 8769:1988 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Item title:** Reference sources for the calibration of surface contamination monitors — Beta-emitters (maximum beta energy greater than 0,15 MeV) and alpha-emitters _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Status code:** 9599 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Successor:** ISO/WD 8769 | ISO 8769:2010 - **Withdrawn / published date:** 1988-06-23 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ ## What the source says > 16182,IS,,ISO 8769:1988,"Reference sources for the calibration of surface contamination monitors — Beta-emitters (maximum beta energy greater than 0,15 MeV) and alpha-emitters","Sources de référence pour l'étalonnage des moniteurs de contamination de surface — Émetteurs bêta (énergie bêta maximale supérieure à 0,15 MeV) et émetteurs alpha",1988-06-23,1,['17.240'],ISO/TC 85/SC 2,9599,,"[41230,45992]","['en','fr']",5,"
Specifies the characteristics of reference sources and reference radiations which take the form of adequately characterized large-area sources specified in terms of activity (per unit area) and surface emission rate. Regulatory documents refer to surface contamination in terms ## Source - https://isopublicstorageprod.blob.core.windows.net/opendata/_latest/iso_deliverables_metadata/csv/iso_deliverables_metadata.csv Last verified: 2026-08-05. Review by: 2027-02-01. Part of [Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards](https://referencesource.org/iso-standard-supersessions/).