A transistorized radiation monitor

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dc.creator Brown, D. C.
dc.creator Faraday, B. P.
dc.date 2017-03-06T11:01:43Z
dc.date 2017-03-06T11:01:43Z
dc.date 1956-12
dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-09T10:07:06Z
dc.date.available 2022-05-09T10:07:06Z
dc.identifier http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/11567
dc.identifier.uri https://reports.aerade.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826.2/4442
dc.description This paper describes the investigation of a number of possible semiconductor devices which can be used for the detection of radioactive particles. The sensitivities of two types of transistor (a p-n-p alloy junction and an n-p-n grown junction) and a p-n alloy junction diode operated up to its "avalanche" condition were determined. The possible uses of such detectors are discussed and they are shown to be • particularly suitable where high rates of counting, with good efficiency and small detecting area (or low geometry) are required. A completely transistorized radiation monitor has been developed using a p-n-p transistor as the detector head. This is specifically designed for a-particle detection but the detector head with slight modification should be suitable for proton or neutron detection.
dc.language en
dc.publisher College of Aeronautics
dc.relation CoA/N-66
dc.relation 66
dc.title A transistorized radiation monitor
dc.type Report


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