Human body radioactivity

Download printable version Difficult Execution Time Data Analysis Radioactive Sources Yes No Hardware setupThis experiment guide is referred to the SP5640 educational kit.Equipment: SP5640 - Backpack DetectorModelSP5640DescriptionBackpack DetectorPurpose of the experimentThe purpose of the experiment is to become aware of the radioactivity of the human body. FundamentalsPotassium is essential to all living beings, including

Measurement of photomultiplier plateau curves

Download printable version Difficult Execution Time Data Analysis Radioactive Sources No Yes Hardware setup This experiment guide is referred to the SP5600E educational kit. Equipment: SP5600E - Educational Kit Model SP5600E Description Backpack Detector Purpose of the experiment The goal of this experience is the identification of the working point of a photomultiplier

Geochemical and mineral exploration

Download printable version Difficult Execution Time Data Analysis Radioactive Sources Yes No Hardware setupThis experiment guide is referred to the SP5640 educational kit.Equipment: SP5640 - Backpack DetectorModelSP5640DescriptionBackpack DetectorPurpose of the experimentLarge area survey to evaluate the radioactivity concentration of Uranium, Thorium, and Potassium. FundamentalsA geochemical exploration campaign aims at locating economic mineral deposits through

Radioactivity maps production

Download printable version Difficult Execution Time Data Analysis Radioactive Sources Yes No Hardware setupThis experiment guide is referred to the SP5640 educational kit.Equipment: SP5640 - Backpack DetectorModelSP5640DescriptionBackpack DetectorPurpose of the experimentStarting from outdoor spectroscopy measurements to create the map of the natural radioactivity expressed in total specific activity in Bq/kg of the investigated area.  

Environmental detection as a function of the soil distance

Download printable version Difficult Execution Time Data Analysis Radioactive Sources Yes No Hardware setup This experiment guide is referred to the SP5640 educational kit. Equipment: SP5640 - Backpack Detector Model SP5640 Description Backpack Detector Purpose of the experiment The main goal of the experiment is to understand how the measurement of the γ environmental

Ground coverage Effect on the Environmental Monitoring

Download printable version Difficult Execution Time Data Analysis Radioactive Sources Yes No Hardware setupThis experiment guide is referred to the SP5640 educational kit.Equipment: SP5640 - Backpack DetectorModelSP5640DescriptionBackpack DetectorPurpose of the experimentThe experimental activity aims to give to the user a critical understanding of environmental radioactivity phenomenon.FundamentalsThe use of portable gamma-ray spectrometers (NaI) as a

Environmental monitoring in field

Download printable version Difficult Execution Time Data Analysis Radioactive Sources No No Hardware setupThis experiment guide is referred to the SP5640 educational kit.Equipment: SP5640 - Backpack DetectorModelSP5640DescriptionBackpack DetectorPurpose of the experimentIncrease of the familiarity with environmental radioactivity topic via measurements in field which combine nuclear engineering and computer science for a better comprehension of

Photonuclear cross-section / Compton Scattering cross-section

Download printable version Difficult Execution Time Data Analysis Radioactive Sources No Yes Hardware setupTo follow along with this experiment you must have an SP5630EN/ENP educational kit. If you don’t have this kit, choose your own from the following list to visualize the related experiment guides: SG6117A, SG6117B, SG6117E - Educational Kit.Equipment: SP5630EN/ENP - Environmental

Radiological evaluation of the building materials

Download printable version Difficult Execution Time Data Analysis Radioactive Sources Yes No Hardware setupThis experiment guide is referred to the SP5640 educational kit.Equipment: SP5640 - Backpack DetectorModelSP5640DescriptionBackpack DetectorPurpose of the experimentThe main goal of the experiment is the estimation of the natural radioactivity content in several dwellings and/or buildings representative of the different geological

Detecting γ-Radiation

Download printable version Difficult Execution Time Data Analysis Radioactive Sources No Yes Hardware setup This experiment guide is referred to the SP5640 educational kit. If you don’t have this kit, choose your own from the following list to visualize the related experiment guide: SG6111A, SG6111C - Educational Kit. Equipment: SP5640 - Backpack Radiation