7-11 July 2019
EV42 - PEP 2E: Alpha Spectroscopy for the Health Physicist (Maddigan)Lake Highland B 10:30 - 12:30 |
| This course offers a fast-paced review of the basic principles of alpha spectroscopic analysis for the Health Physicist. The course includes a review of the nature and origins of alpha-particle emitting radioactivity, basic physics of alpha particle interaction with matter, considerations and consequences of sample preparation for alpha spectroscopy, alpha spectroscopy system components and calibrations, and a primer on interpretation of alpha spectroscopy data. |
