Abstract
A pulse-shape analysis (PSA) unit of commercial design has been incorporated into a proportional counting system to determine the effectiveness of pulse-shape discrimination in increasing the sensitivity of tritium counting. It was found that a quantitative determination of tritium could be obtained directly from the PSA time spectrum eliminating the need for beta-ray energy selection used in the pulse-shape discrimination (PSD) technique. The performance of the proportional counting system was tested using the PSA unit and anticoincidence shielding, both singly and combined, under several types of background. A background reduction factor of 169 was obtained from the combined PSA-anticoincidence system with only a 2% loss in tritium counting efficiency. The PSA method was also found to offer significant reductions in noise background.
Hochel, R C;
Hayes, D W
[1]
- Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) and Co., Aiken, S.C. (USA). Savannah River Lab.
Citation Formats
Hochel, R C, and Hayes, D W.
Background reduction and noise discrimination in the proportional counting of tritium using pulse-shape analysis.
Netherlands: N. p.,
1975.
Web.
doi:10.1016/0029-554X(75)90172-X.
Hochel, R C, & Hayes, D W.
Background reduction and noise discrimination in the proportional counting of tritium using pulse-shape analysis.
Netherlands.
https://doi.org/10.1016/0029-554X(75)90172-X
Hochel, R C, and Hayes, D W.
1975.
"Background reduction and noise discrimination in the proportional counting of tritium using pulse-shape analysis."
Netherlands.
https://doi.org/10.1016/0029-554X(75)90172-X.
@misc{etde_7262107,
title = {Background reduction and noise discrimination in the proportional counting of tritium using pulse-shape analysis}
author = {Hochel, R C, and Hayes, D W}
abstractNote = {A pulse-shape analysis (PSA) unit of commercial design has been incorporated into a proportional counting system to determine the effectiveness of pulse-shape discrimination in increasing the sensitivity of tritium counting. It was found that a quantitative determination of tritium could be obtained directly from the PSA time spectrum eliminating the need for beta-ray energy selection used in the pulse-shape discrimination (PSD) technique. The performance of the proportional counting system was tested using the PSA unit and anticoincidence shielding, both singly and combined, under several types of background. A background reduction factor of 169 was obtained from the combined PSA-anticoincidence system with only a 2% loss in tritium counting efficiency. The PSA method was also found to offer significant reductions in noise background.}
doi = {10.1016/0029-554X(75)90172-X}
journal = []
volume = {130:1}
journal type = {AC}
place = {Netherlands}
year = {1975}
month = {Dec}
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title = {Background reduction and noise discrimination in the proportional counting of tritium using pulse-shape analysis}
author = {Hochel, R C, and Hayes, D W}
abstractNote = {A pulse-shape analysis (PSA) unit of commercial design has been incorporated into a proportional counting system to determine the effectiveness of pulse-shape discrimination in increasing the sensitivity of tritium counting. It was found that a quantitative determination of tritium could be obtained directly from the PSA time spectrum eliminating the need for beta-ray energy selection used in the pulse-shape discrimination (PSD) technique. The performance of the proportional counting system was tested using the PSA unit and anticoincidence shielding, both singly and combined, under several types of background. A background reduction factor of 169 was obtained from the combined PSA-anticoincidence system with only a 2% loss in tritium counting efficiency. The PSA method was also found to offer significant reductions in noise background.}
doi = {10.1016/0029-554X(75)90172-X}
journal = []
volume = {130:1}
journal type = {AC}
place = {Netherlands}
year = {1975}
month = {Dec}
}