A Tritium Counter Designed for Routine Laboratory Use
- 1 January 1960
- journal article
- research article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Physics in Medicine & Biology
- Vol. 4 (3) , 253-263
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-9155/4/3/303
Abstract
An instrument for the rapid routine counting of tritium is described. It utilizes a liquid scintillator with coincidence circuitry, and incorporates a new fixed-cell design. An introductory analysis of the geometry of the system is made. The optimum counting efficiency of the counter for tritium in 25 ml of toluene-based scintillator is 25% with a background of 180 c.p.m. The use of the counter with tritiated water samples and with 14C/3H mixtures is described.Keywords
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