A bench test facility, using a plastic scintillator detector, has been built in order to investigate in a fast and simple way possible beta contamination for small samples. The sensitivity reached is in the order of 450 mBq/cm2 for 14C and of 1210 mBq/cm2 for tritium for a time of measurement of 1 day (90% confidence level).

A plastic scintillator detector for beta particles / L. Miramonti. - In: RADIATION MEASUREMENTS. - ISSN 1350-4487. - 35:4(2002 Aug), pp. 347-354.

A plastic scintillator detector for beta particles

L. Miramonti
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2002

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A bench test facility, using a plastic scintillator detector, has been built in order to investigate in a fast and simple way possible beta contamination for small samples. The sensitivity reached is in the order of 450 mBq/cm2 for 14C and of 1210 mBq/cm2 for tritium for a time of measurement of 1 day (90% confidence level).
Plastic scintillator detector ; Beta rays
Settore FIS/04 - Fisica Nucleare e Subnucleare
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