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RE: Dosimeters



Chris,

For our Co-60 irradiator (~110 Ci) we used TLD-800's (Li2B4O7:Mn).  They
have an effective range of 5E-7Gy -- 1E5 Gy (5E-5 rad -- 5E7 rad).  We use a
Harshaw QS-3500 TLD reader to read the irradiated TLDs.

They only "difficulty" in using these TLD's for such a high dose is that
they have a non-linear response above 200 krad.  So be sure to calibrate
your TLD's carefully...

Good luck,
-mike king

-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher W. Becker [mailto:cwbecker@umich.edu]
Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2000 9:12 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: Dosimeters


All,

We are looking for a dosimeter that can be used to measure a dose of 
100,000 Rad as a quality assurance "tag" for projects going to a Co-60 
irradiator for irradiation.  Anyone know of a way to do this?

Respectfully,


Christopher W. Becker, Reactor - Laboratory Manager
T h e   U n i v e r s i t y    o f     M i c h i g a n
Phoenix Memorial Laboratory - Ford Nuclear Reactor
2301 Bonisteel Boulevard
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2100
Phone:    734.764.6224
Fax:         734.936.1571
Pager:     734.817.0952

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