Methods of Experimental Physics Lab at Notre Dame
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Ortec files

    Safe Handling of Radioactive Sources
  1. Basic Identification in Electronic Measurement Systems
  2. Geiger Counting
  3. Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy Using NaI(Tl)
  4. Alpha Spectroscopy with Surface Barrier Detectors
  5. Energy Loss of Charged Particles (Alphas)
  6. Beta Spectroscopy
  7. High-Resolution Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy
  8. High-Resolution X-Ray Spectroscopy
  9. Time Coincidence Techniques and Absolute Activity Measurements
  10. Compton Scattering
  11. The Proportional Counter and Low-Energy X-Ray Measurements
  12. X-Ray Fluorescence
  13. Gamma-Gamma Coincidence
  14. Nuclear Lifetimes and the Coincidence Method
  15. Rutherford Scattering of Alphas from Thin Gold Foil
  16. The Total Neutron Cross Section and Measurement of the Nuclear Radius
  17. Neutron Activation Analysis (Slow Neutrons)
  18. Neutron Activation Analysis (Fast Neutron)
  19. A Study of the Decay Scheme and Angular Correlation of 60Co
  20. A Study of the Decay Scheme of 244Cm by an Alpha X-Ray Coincidence Experiment
  21. Alpha-Induced Innershell Ionization Studies with an 241Am Source
  22. Measurements in Radiation Biology
  23. Nuclear Techniques in Environmental Studies
  24. Measurements in Health Physics
  25. Time-of-Flight Spectroscopy
  26. Fission Fragment Energy Loss Measurements from 252Cf
  27. Linear and Logic Signal Standards in ORTEC NIM Instruments Equipment and Supplies Identified by Code Glossary Relative Sensitivities of Elements to Thermal Neutron Activation X-Ray Critical-Absorption and Emission Energies in keV

useful resources

equipment documentation