Big magnets are NOT needed in the Home Rad Lab to do real science with Beta Particles. While I do have larger magnets, the 10 ounce General Tool Horseshoe...
Mostly it's the red ones that get used, the 6 pounder in the back has it's pole pieces stuck together! The two larger red ones are 10 and 12 oz. with the 10...
http://www.tradewaysusa.com/Catalogue-New/Detection_&_Identification/Nuclear/AN-UDR-14%20Pocket%20Radiac%20Set.pdf Interesting developments in the pocket...
Manipulating neutrons in the Home Rad Lab Neutrons can be bent, reflected, moderated (slowed down) and absorbed Most neutron detectors respond only to...
1 Lot of pure graphite (carbon) sheets 6" X 6" X ½" thick. 1 1 lb. Container of 100% Boric Acid (Roach Powder) 1 He3 detector tube with associated electronics...
The task and apparatus available ? A friend works at a place where they use beta particles to test material's coating thickness. The substrate is metal and it...
Everyone playing with gamma spectrum analysis should download both the sodium iodide (Tl) and the Ge/Si detector gamma spec catalogs. In this sense of the word...
The evolution of a high energy beta source. Material needed: Depleted Uranium chemical* (Note 1). Any modern U chemical will work, U3O8 for example. My...
Generating Metastable Isotopes of Short Half-Life in the Home Lab >Tutorial by Geo "METASTABLE" - "m", small case m, when appended to an isotope name, means...
In the GCE FILES section is Charles Hackers Rad program. I use the older version because it is easier for me to understand, and easier to explain to students...
Before his untimely death, Steve Kay and I worked together on his friend's Trinitite collection. During this time I acquired two of the biggest pieces I ever...
To one and all, please spread your experiments and projects around to the various groups by forwarding posts. We have an opportunity to bring in fresh blood...
Recent collection activities (Oak Ridge TN) reminded me to carry along at least one "classifier" screen on field trips. This is an accessory that fits into the...
Nuclear batteries/ home made neutron sources: Yes they work fine but as others have mentioned, they are used under tightly controlled areas of endeavor, i.e....
correction added: 7.5uSv/hr = 0.75 mrem/hr SI Units for Radioactivity The SI unit is the becquerel (Bq) 1 Bq = 1 disintegration per second = 2.7 x 10-11 curie...
My tapping machine I like to tap holes. A while back I ran into a floating tap holder chuck which was a replacement part or option for an AEG drill of some...
Subject: Prep rocks in thin section for the Unitron Petrology Microscope and Gamma Scanning for NORM Core sample from Mt. Rushmore on left, Llanite on right. ...
Hi David, Even slightly radioactive items can read at very high count rates when placed directly against a geiger probe. Try moving the thorite rock 6 inches...
THRESHOLD (the floor or Lower Level Discriminator) sets the system gain of any Geiger Counter, Scaler or Ratemeter. All these instruments HAVE a THRESHOLD, but...
When saw Robert's compact PIC scaler, I knew adding this scaler to the Ludlum Model 3 Survey Meter would make a great addition to the analog meter. While I...
Wipes or swipes as some call them are small circles of paper, cloth, glass fiber and other materials that are used to swab over a surface (e.g. TV CRT screen)...
Paul S.'s HV KIT looks really nice!! We will find many uses for it around the Home Rad Lab. Thanks for inventing it and making it available to the group Paul!...
The amateur rock collector can benefit from some simples tools to help qualify a samples. While the Magnetic Susceptibility Meter is outside the budget of most...
Fig. 1: The Home Rad Lab with SPECTECH UCS-20 MCA and ST-150 Nuclear Lab Station Fig. 2: SPECTECH UCS-20 MCA, RAS-20 Calibrated Absorber Set and a variety of...
Our test sample is 1 gram of the natural rare-earth metallic element Lutetium (Lu - one of the Lanthanide series), consisting of small turning left over from...
