Development of beta backscatter probes using high-intensity sources

Technical Report · Thu Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1977

OSTI ID:5147953

Heckman, R V

A beta-backscatter probe has been developed using a Pm-147 high-flux source (activity rate of 7.4 giga disintegrations/second or 200 millicuries) along with a scintillation-type detector to make thickness measurements of PVD and rolled-foil aluminium having 0.5 percent accuracy in a time interval of 10 seconds. Surface-barrier detectors failed to provide significant improvement over the existing Geiger system. In all tests, the scintillation probe used in the current mode of operation proved to be more stable and superior to the Geiger and surface-barrier detector systems.

• Research Organization: Bendix Corp., Kansas City, Mo. (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-C-04-0613
• OSTI ID: 5147953
• Report Number(s): BDX-613-1903(Rev.)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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440105* -- Radiation Instrumentation-- Radiometric Instruments-- (-1987)
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
ALUMINIUM
BACKSCATTERING
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA PARTICLES
BETA SOURCES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CHARGED PARTICLES
CHLORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
DESIGN
DIMENSIONS
ELEMENTS
HALOGENATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOTOPES
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
METALS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC POLYMERS
PARTICLE SOURCES
PERFORMANCE
POLYMERS
POLYVINYLS
PROMETHIUM 147
PROMETHIUM ISOTOPES
PVC
RADIATION DETECTORS
RADIATION SOURCES
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIOMETRIC GAGES
RARE EARTH ISOTOPES
RARE EARTH NUCLEI
SCATTERING
SCINTILLATION COUNTERS
THICKNESS
THICKNESS GAGES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES