WAN Yongliang, TIE Lieke, ZHU Xia, et al. Effects of food sample density on detecting results of HPGe γ-spectrometer[J]. Nuclear techniques, 2014, 37(1): 010205
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WAN Yongliang, TIE Lieke, ZHU Xia, et al. Effects of food sample density on detecting results of HPGe γ-spectrometer[J]. Nuclear techniques, 2014, 37(1): 010205 DOI: 10.11889/j.0253-3219.2014.hjs.37.010205.
Effects of food sample density on detecting results of HPGe γ-spectrometer
Background: According to the requirements of GB/T 16145-1995
the sample must be of the same mass density with standard source in the measurement of radiation activity with HPGe γ-ray spectrometer
but the density of the sample is hardly consistent with the standard source in laboratory. Purpose: The aim is to study the effect of the samples in different densities on measurement results. Methods: Firstly
the net count rates (n) of the six samples in various mass densities are measured using HPGe γ-ray spectrometer
and the respective self-absorption coefficients are calculated. Secondly
the sample-model is established using sourceless efficiency calibration software-Gammaclib. And then the detection efficiency and self-absorption coefficient are obtained. Results: The detection results show that with the raise of density
the self absorption coefficients are decreased. Conclusion: The results by both methods indicate that the differences of the density between sample and standard source have obvious influences on the measurement results and need self-absorption correction.Cited