A New Method of Determining Short Half-value Periods
- 1 June 1948
- journal article
- research article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Scientific Instruments
- Vol. 25 (6), 218-220
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0950-7671/25/6/323
Abstract
Radioactive half-period values in the range 10-6 to 10-1 sec. are measured by determining the time intervals between radiations emitted at the beginning and end of the life of a radioactive nucleus with a high-speed single-sweep oscilloscope. The method can also be used for determining the intensity of weak radioactive sources and the efficiencies of Geiger-Miiller counters.Keywords
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