An Introduction to Radiation Counters and Detectors |
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HISTORICAL | 1 |
THE ATOM STRUCTURE | 7 |
RADIATION DETECTORS | 14 |
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11 Venetian 50 20th Century Electronics 44 13 Venetian 51 Pyrex absorption Active Length alpha particles amplifier anode anode wire anthracene applied atomic number Beta Gamma beta particles blind boron cathode Cathode Diameter cathode material Century Electronics Ltd characteristics COLLIMATOR construction crystal mount cylindrical decay designed detector device dose dosimeter dynode electrostatic element emission employed End caps Carbon energy exposure FILM BADGE DOSIMETER Flex wires Cr-Fe focused foil G-M tube gamma rays Gamma-beta gas filling Geiger GEIGER-MÜLLER TUBES glass half-life halogen halogen-quenched tubes INSULATED internal count ionisation chamber ionisation current ionising event isotopes laboratory LEAD SHIELD light Maker Type measure monitoring multiplier tube neutrons normal nucleus obtained operation phosphor photocathode photomultiplier tube PLATE plateau potential produced proportional counter protons pulse Pyrex radioactive scintillation counter sealed sensitive volume shown in Fig sodium iodide Stainless Stiff wire Cr-Fe suitable techniques thin tion voltage volts window X-ray