The use of high-efficiency gamma counting in conjunction with beta counting for discrimination between thorium and uranium /
by Robert H. Roethlisberger.

Description

Main Author

Roethlisberger, Robert H.

Related Names

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Mineral Engineering Laboratory.
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.

Language(s)

English

Published

Oak Ridge, Tenn. : U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Technical Information Service, [1951]

Subjects

Thorium > Thorium / Analysis.
Uranium > Uranium / Analysis.
Nuclear counters.
Beta rays.
Gamma rays.

Summary

Use of the high-pressure gamma chamber and vibrating reed electrometer to measure gamma activity and the end window Geiger counter to measure beta activity has permitted discrimination between activity due to thorium and that due to uranium so that the thorium and uranium content of ore samples can be determined radiometrically within a factor of 2 and usually within 15 per cent.

Note

Work performed at the M.I.T. Mineral Engineering Laboratory.
"This report is based on MITG-219."
"Date Declassified: February 13, 1951."
"August 20, 1949."

Physical Description

13 p. ; 27 cm.

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