Lecture 13: Practical Radiation Counting Experiments Solid Angle, Count Rates, Uncertainty, and Hand

The concepts of solid angle (the 3D equivalent of angle) and counting rates/uncertainties are briefly introduced, before heading into the MIT Nuclear Reactor Lab to see a gamma spectrometer, and the capsule insertion/removal system to neutronically activate specimens in the reactor. Students bring in pieces of whatever they’d like to learn what is isotopically contained within.

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  • Originally Aired October 18, 2016
  • Runtime 94 minutes
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