• DocumentCode
    1465162
  • Title

    Radiation counter for beta particles

  • Author

    Williams, D. T.

  • Author_Institution
    Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio
  • Volume
    74
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    1955
  • fDate
    7/1/1955 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    595
  • Lastpage
    598
  • Abstract
    This conduction-type counter uses a cadmium-sulfate crystal mounted in a hypodermic needle; a probe preamplifier of low noise was designed to be used with it. An analysis of the geometry of the problem has been derived to yield the counting rate in terms of the crystal size, concentration of radioactive atoms, their mean life, and the end-point energy of the beta particles.
  • Keywords
    Crystals; Equations; Needles; Noise; Preamplifiers; Probes; Radiation detectors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electrical Engineering
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0095-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/EE.1955.6439466
  • Filename
    6439466