BETA-BACKSCATTERING BY METALLIC ELEMENTS AND SIMPLE COMPOUNDS

Authors
GALLOWAY I
Citation
I. Galloway, BETA-BACKSCATTERING BY METALLIC ELEMENTS AND SIMPLE COMPOUNDS, Acta Physica Polonica. A, 85, 1994, pp. 190000013-190000026
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Acta Physica Polonica. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
05874246
Volume
85
Year of publication
1994
Supplement
S
Pages
190000013 - 190000026
Database
ISI
SICI code
0587-4246(1994)85:<190000013:BBMEAS>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
The aim was to investigate the angular dependence of the beta-particle backscatter count rate, using a strontium-90 source. In addition the empirical relationship between the atomic number (Z number) of a scatt erer and the count rate at a specific angle was investigated along wit h consideration of how this relationship behaves with simple compounds . Thick samples arc used throughout. A brief investigation of counting statistics is included as an appendix.