Photonuclear cross-section / Compton Scattering cross-section

Download printable version Difficult Execution Time Data Analysis Radioactive Sources No Gamma Hardware setupThis experiment guide is referred to the SP5600EMU educational kit. If you don’t have this kit, choose your own from the following list to visualize the related experiment guide:SG6117A - Gamma / Premium Kit,SG6117B - Emulation Kit,SG6117C - Enviromental KitEquipmentSP5640 -

Test Sample Identification

Download printable version Difficult Execution Time Data Analysis Radioactive Sources Yes No Equipment: SP5630EN - Environmental kitModeli-Spector - S2570BSamplesDescriptionIntelligent Silicon Photomultiplier TubeSamplesPurpose of the experimentRecord the energy spectrum of the Test sample and identify the peaks, after the energy calibration, by knowing the decay chain of Thorium and Uranium.FundamentalsNaturally occurring radiative material (NORM) is

Samples Comparison

Download printable version Difficult Execution Time Data Analysis Radioactive Sources Yes No Equipment: SP5630EN/ENP - Enviromental Kit  Purpose of the experiment: This activity shows how to compare different spectra together. Fundamentals: Spectra comparison is a very common procedure in statistics and physics and consist of the superposition of different spectra, taken in the same

Soil sample identification

Download printable version Difficult Execution Time Data Analysis Radioactive Sources Yes No Equipment: SP5630EN - Environmental kitModeli-Spector - S2570BSamplesDescriptionIntelligent Silicon Photomultiplier TubeSamplesPurpose of the experimentRecord the energy spectrum of the Soil sample and identify the peaks, after the energy calibration, by knowing the decay chain of Thorium and Uranium.FundamentalsNatural radioactivity has several sources that

Fertilizer and photopeak identification

Download printable version Difficult Execution Time Data Analysis Radioactive Sources Yes No Equipment: SP5630EN - Environmental kitModeli-Spector - S2570BSamplesDescriptionIntelligent Silicon Photomultiplier TubeSamplesPurpose of the experimentRecord the energy spectrum of Fertilizer sample and identify the Potassium peak. The experience will guide the user to select a ROI and perform a Gaussian fit on the peak.

Background Measurements

Download printable version Difficult Execution Time Data Analysis Radioactive Sources Yes No Equipment: SP5630EN - Environmental kit Model i-Spector - S2570B Samples Description Intelligent Silicon Photomultiplier Tube Samples Purpose of the experiment Measurement of the background radioactivity to be subtracted from the energy spectra of the samples. Fundamentals The main contributors to the background

Energy calibration of System based on LYSO crystal and Fertilizer sample

Download printable version Difficult Execution Time Data Analysis Radioactive Sources Yes No Equipment: SP5630EN - Environmental kitModeli-Spector - S2570BSamplesDescriptionIntelligent Silicon Photomultiplier TubeSamplesPurpose of the experimentRecording γ energy spectra of several radioactive sources and detecting the photo-peaks to calibrate the response of the system is the main goal of the experiment.FundamentalsThe calibration of the spectrum