Gilliam, D.
, Yue, A.
and Dewey, M.
(1970),
The use of polyimide foils to prevent contamination from self-sputtering of 252-Cf deposits in high-accuracy fission counting, Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A-Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment
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The use of polyimide foils to prevent contamination from self-sputtering of 252-Cf deposits in high-accuracy fission counting
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Abstract
It is demonstrated that a thin polyimide foil can be employed to prevent contamination from the self-sputtering of a 252-Cf source under vacuum, with small energy loss of the emitted fission fragments, with very small effect on the efficiency of counting the fission fragments, and with a long lifetime of the plastic foils.Citation
Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A-Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment
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Journals
Keywords
252Cf, calibration, contamination, fission, neutron, plastic foil, Polyimide
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Created August 26, 2016, Updated February 17, 2017