Radiation Rainbow

Koska, Matthew

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Title

Radiation Rainbow

Author(s)

Koska, Matthew

Contributor(s)

Tanton, Phillip

Issue Date

2022

Keyword(s)

Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering

Abstract

Radiation detection and measurement is an important field in nuclear engineering. Lead is a very effective shielding material due to its large cross section and high density. We placed varying thicknesses of lead in between a 2 micro-Curie cesium-137 source and a sodium iodide inorganic scintillator. Scintillators turn the energy from radioactive particles into light. These photons are converted into electrons and then pass through a photomultiplier tube which increases the number of electrons by a factor of one million. These electrons are collected by a wire and read as a voltage by a multichannel analyzer which plots counts for a spectrum of energies. The plot shown is a section of that spectrum in a log scale revealing the beauty of science.

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Language

eng

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Copyright 2022 Matthew Koska

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