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Set-up of a new TDCR counter at IRA-METAS
- Source :
- Applied Radiation and Isotopes, Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 2015, 97, pp.113-117. ⟨10.1016/j.apradiso.2014.12.023⟩, Applied Radiation and Isotopes, Elsevier, 2015, 97, pp.113-117. ⟨10.1016/j.apradiso.2014.12.023⟩
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- HAL CCSD, 2015.
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Abstract
- International audience; A triple-to-double coincidence ratio (TDCR) counter was recently constructed at IRA-METAS for liquid scintillation based primary activity standardisations. A description of its optical chamber, efficiency change tools, photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) and electronics is given. This TDCR system was validated by measuring several standard solutions of beta emitters including Ca-45, C-14, Ni-63 and H-3. The activity concentrations, obtained from these measurements and efficiencies computed with a FORTRAN code we developed for symmetric and asymmetric PMTs, agree with the certified values within uncertainties.
- Subjects :
- Physics
Photomultiplier
Radiation
Activity standardisation
EFFICIENCY
[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-ATOM-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Atomic Physics [physics.atom-ph]
Liquid scintillation
Liquid scintillation counting
ENERGY ELECTRONS
63Ni
Standard solution
STANDARDIZATION
[PHYS.NEXP]Physics [physics]/Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex]
[INFO.INFO-MO]Computer Science [cs]/Modeling and Simulation
Coincidence
5Ca
Nuclear physics
Set (abstract data type)
TDCR
14C
[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det]
3H
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09698043
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Applied Radiation and Isotopes, Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 2015, 97, pp.113-117. ⟨10.1016/j.apradiso.2014.12.023⟩, Applied Radiation and Isotopes, Elsevier, 2015, 97, pp.113-117. ⟨10.1016/j.apradiso.2014.12.023⟩
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....75b3ee7ec7ed0a186e1a3925d4671ea1