• A light weight multichannel analyser and $\gamma$-ray spectroscopy system: Application to estimate $^{40}K$ content in some potassium salts and building materials

• # Fulltext

https://www.ias.ac.in/article/fulltext/pram/090/01/0009

• # Keywords

$^{137}\rm{Cs} \gamma$-rays; light weight multichannel analyser; radioactivity; $^{40}\rm{K}$ content; potassium salts; building materials

• # Abstract

A $\gamma$ -ray spectroscopy system based on a $1" \times 1"$ NaI(Tl) detector and $1.5"$ photomultiplier tube has been developed at IUAC for teaching laboratory applications involving radioactive sources. Following along the lines of the Phoenix and Expeyes hardware developed in the laboratory earlier, a low-cost, light weight multichannel analyser also has been developed. Here the details about the same are presented. The detector–analyser system has been used as a part of the postgraduate curriculum for measuring $^{40}\rm{K}$ content in some potassium salts and common building materials like brick, cement, concrete and sand.

• # Author Affiliations

1. Inter University Accelerator Centre, New Delhi 110 067, India
2. Department of Physics, University College, Thiruvananthapuram 695 034, India

• # Pramana – Journal of Physics

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Volume 93 | Issue 5
November 2019

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