A transistorized radiation monitor
| dc.contributor.author | Brown, D. C. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Faraday, B. P. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-03-06T11:01:43Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-03-06T11:01:43Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1956-12 | |
| dc.description.abstract | 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. | en_UK |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/11567 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_UK |
| dc.publisher | College of Aeronautics | en_UK |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | CoA/N-66 | en_UK |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | 66 | en_UK |
| dc.title | A transistorized radiation monitor | en_UK |
| dc.type | Report | en_UK |