[ RadSafe ] Can tritium produce bremsstrahlung?

[Baumbaugh, Joel SPAWAR]

Jon, 

 

Just for the heck of it, I tried to count/find bremsstrahlung x-rays
from a 20+ curie Tritium exit sign in a low-background well once with no
luck in detecting them.  I'm sure they're being produced (just the known
mechanics of beta deflection producing the x-rays says that they are),
but they're so weak that my 3" NaI(tl) crystal at work couldn't resolve
the 0.018601 MeV peak over the ambient background..... maybe with a
germanium crystal?

 

Joel Baumbaugh (baumbaug at nosc.mil)

SSC-SD

 

Std. disclaimer.  My opinion, and my opinion only, not necessarily that
of my employer, the U.S. Navy... etc., etc., etc.....

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] On
Behalf Of Jon Stieglitz
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 11:04 AM
To: radsafe at radlab.nl
Subject: [ RadSafe ] Can tritium produce bremsstrahlung?

 

Could someone please tell me if a beta pancake is able to detect tritium
in

any amounts?  I have heard from reputable sources that it can.
Obviously

the beta is too weak to be detected so as I understand it, the only way

would be to detect the bremsstrahlung radiation.  Is tritium energetic

enough to produce bremsstrahlung?  Can anyone tell me how much would be

needed?  I apologize if this is a stupid question but nobody has totally

answered the question to my satisfaction.

 

 

 

 

 

J. Stieglitz

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