Efficiency calibration of Ge detectors in wide energy range with natural thorium and 137Cs

Z. B. Alfassi; A. Tsechanski

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Efficiency calibration of Ge detectors in wide energy range with natural thorium and ¹³⁷Cs

Z. B. Alfassi, A. Tsechanski

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For the efficiency calibration of Ge detectors the ²³²Th natural radionuclide chain is suggested with a standard source of ¹³⁷Cs which due to its long half-life requires a change of the calibrated standard only in about 30 to 50 years.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	309-312
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Volume	246
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006718406525
State	Published - 25 Nov 2000

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