Evaluation of the Efficiency of Gamma Spectrometers for Analyzing Environmental Samples with Unknown Elemental Composition

Nader M. A. Mohamed; M. Abou Mandour; M. K. Shaat; Alya A. Badawi

doi:dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT06-A3713

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Evaluation of the Efficiency of Gamma Spectrometers for Analyzing Environmental Samples with Unknown Elemental Composition

Nader M. A. Mohamed, M. Abou Mandour, M. K. Shaat, Alya A. Badawi

Nuclear Technology / Volume 153 / Number 3 / March 2006 / Pages 360-364

Technical Note / Radiation Measurements and Instrumentation / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT06-A3713

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A method was proposed to transfer the efficiency of gamma-ray spectrometers calibrated with a standard water source to suit other samples. In our method, it is not important to know the concentration of the major elements of the sample to be measured. This gives a special importance to our method for low-energy photon detection where the self-absorption is strongly material dependent.