Published August 1983
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Journal article
Radioactive half-life measurements in a freshman or sophomore laboratory
Creators
- 1. Department of Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309
Description
A photomultiplier arrangement is used to determine the half-life of the alpha decay of the 220Rn and 232Th
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Am. J. Phys.
- Journal Volume
- 51
- Journal Issue
- 8
- Series
- Am. J. Phys.
- Journal Page Range
- 761-763
- ISSN
- 0002-9505
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 15008432
- Subject category
- S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- ALPHA DECAY; ALPHA DETECTION; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROSCOPES; HALF-LIFE; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; RADON 220; THORIUM 232
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CHARGED PARTICLE DETECTION; DECAY; DETECTION; ELECTRIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; HEAVY NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NUCLEAR DECAY; NUCLEI; PHOTOTUBES; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIOISOTOPES; RADON ISOTOPES; SECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; THORIUM ISOTOPES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES