SUBJECT
Title
Radiation physics laboratory
Type of instruction
laboratory
Level
master
Faculty
Part of degree program
Credits
3
Recommended in
Semester 1
Typically offered in
Autumn semester
Course description
- Electrosmog, Measurements of 50 Hz electromagnetic field of usual devices, spatial distribution of the intensity,
- Batteries useful for storage of renewable energies, chaging and discharging curves, battery charging using solar radiation
- Alpha-radiation measuremetns using liquid scintillation spectroscopy, radium, radon content of water samples
- Beta-radiation, energy spectrum of beta decay, Fermi Kurie plots of Sr and Cs sources.
- Cerenkov radiation, TriCarb device operation in Cerenkov mode, potassium content determination, self absorbtion measurements.
- Gamma-spectroscopy using High Purity Germanium Detectors, natural samples, concentrations of radium, thorium and uranium
- Pozitron Emission, Detecting teh annihilation radiation, and source position determination in a sample.
Readings
Glenn F. Knoll: Radiation Detection and Measurement, ISBN-13: 978-0470131480