TY - JOUR
T1 - Suppression of Β-particle events using a capillary tube in liquid scintillation α spectrometry
AU - Komori, Y.
AU - Kikunaga, H.
AU - Yoshimura, T.
AU - Shinohara, A.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2013/2
Y1 - 2013/2
N2 - A method to decrease photons generated by Β particles by using a capillary tube in liquid scintillation α spectrometry is presented. Liquid scintillation counting of 241Am and 152Eu was performed with 200, 300, and 500μm inner diameter (i.d.) PFA tubes as the detection cell. It was observed that the Β component in the energy spectrum is located at the lower-energy region with a decreasing i.d. of the PFA tubes, and the α peak of 241Am was separated from the Β component.
AB - A method to decrease photons generated by Β particles by using a capillary tube in liquid scintillation α spectrometry is presented. Liquid scintillation counting of 241Am and 152Eu was performed with 200, 300, and 500μm inner diameter (i.d.) PFA tubes as the detection cell. It was observed that the Β component in the energy spectrum is located at the lower-energy region with a decreasing i.d. of the PFA tubes, and the α peak of 241Am was separated from the Β component.
KW - Alpha/beta discrimination
KW - Beta-particle suppression
KW - Liquid scintillation alpha spectrometry
KW - Pulse shape discrimination
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U2 - 10.1016/j.apradiso.2012.11.004
DO - 10.1016/j.apradiso.2012.11.004
M3 - Article
C2 - 23262067
AN - SCOPUS:84871166113
SN - 0969-8043
VL - 72
SP - 195
EP - 199
JO - Applied Radiation and Isotopes
JF - Applied Radiation and Isotopes
ER -