Published August 2003
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Mercuric iodide HGI2 detectors for alpha particle detection
Creators
- 1. National Nuclear Research Institute, Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, Accra (Ghana)
Description
An alpha particle detector made of a mercuric iodide crystal grown from the vapour phase had been fabricated and tested. There was a vacuum deposition of thin film electrodes to allow alpha particles to pass through with little degradation.Test with different bias voltages to study its effect on its resolution is reported in this paper. An alpha particle detection resolution of 5% of the Am-242 had been achieved with the detector tested (author)
Availability note (English)
Available in abstract form only. Full text provided in this recordAdditional details
Publishing Information
- Imprint Title
- 23. Biennial conference of the Ghana Science Association: programme and book of abstracts
- Imprint Pagination
- 112 p.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 70
Conference
- Title
- 23. Biennial conference of the Ghana Science Association
- Dates
- 4-7 Aug 2003
- Place
- Kumasi (Ghana)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Ghana
- Country of Input or Organization
- Ghana
- INIS RN
- 35000712
- Subject category
- S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference, Non-conventional Literature
- Descriptors DEI
- ALPHA DETECTION; ALPHA PARTICLES; CRYSTAL GROWTH; FABRICATION; HGI2 SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; PERFORMANCE TESTING
- Descriptors DEC
- CHARGED PARTICLE DETECTION; CHARGED PARTICLES; DETECTION; IONIZING RADIATIONS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIATIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; TESTING