Re: Low background beta counter

["schoenho" <schoenho@via.at>]

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> Von: Baker, Cheryl <Cheryl.Baker@state.me.us>
> An: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
> Betreff: Low background beta counter
> Datum: Donnerstag, 11. September 1997 21:22
> 
> 
> Greetings
> 
> We may be needing to purchase a new low background gas flow proportional 
> counter (primarily for beta counting) in the near future.  The one we
have 
> was made by Canberra and is no longer manufactured.  I would like to find

> out what other companies make these instruments (with phone number, if 
> possible).  Also, what are other labs using and what is your experience
with 
> it?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Cheryl Baker
> Maine Health and Environmetal Testing Laboratory
> cheryl.baker@state.me.us
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I do not know your specific requirements and what kind of analysis you
perform. I have replaced in my laboratory all methods based on measurements
with gas-flow counters by liquid scintillation methods - for instance gross
alpha-beta measurements, Sr-90.

Franz
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