Counter operation

Coulter Counter operational conditions Gain index 4 Aperture 100 microns... 

The scintillation counter is a solid state radiation detector which uses a scintillation crystal (phosphor) to detect radiation and produce light pulses. Figure 24 is important in the explanation of scintillation counter operation. 

There have recently been significant advances in the technique of carbon 14 measurements, which have permitted the determination of the concentration ratio C14/C12 in samples of small size. Two developments have occurred the first is an entirely new mass-spectrometric separation of Cl4 and Cl2 ions and their subsequent estimation by counting [1-8]1, while the second is simply the extension of conventional proportional counter operation to very small size carbon samples [9]. The first method is very fast, precise, and capable of treating samples of even submilligram size, but requires an expensive installation. The second method is slow (counting times of two months or more are necessary), can probably be made sufficiently precise to handle most problems, works down to sample sizes of 10 mg carbon, and is relatively inexpensive, especially to install in already-existing radiocarbon laboratories. 

Hiac PC4000 portable liquid particle counter is a contamination measurement tool, designed to run on-line analyses of hydraulic systems and fluids. The fully self-contained counter operates in the light-blocking mode using a laser diode and reports contamination levels at 4, 6, 10, 14, 21,38 and 70 pm at a flow rate of 60 ml min. ... 

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Exactly 1.7 mg of a purified enzyme (MW =55,000) was incubated with an excess of iodoacetamide-C (S.A. = 2 fiCii mmole). The car boxy methylated protein was then precipitated, washed free of unreacted iodoacetamide-C , dissolved in a small amount of buffer, and the entire solution counted in a scintillation counter operating at 80% efficiency. In one hour, the sample gave 13,190 counts above background. Calculate the number of reactive SH groups per molecule of protein. 

Proportional counters operate in region III. Charge multiplication takes place, but the output signal is still proportional to the energy deposited in the counter. Measurement of particle energy is possible. Proportional counters may be used for the detection of any charged particle. 

Single-wire position-sensitive proportional counters operating by charge division (as described in Sec., 13.10.1) have also been used. ... 

Values of a of 10 - 10 are commonly achieved in proportional counter operation. If a ==10, essentially all the gas multiplication occurs within 10 mean free path Iragths from the wire for the electron in the gas (2 = 1024). At 1 atm the mean free path lengdi is approximately 10 m, which means that the gas multiplication occurs within 0.01 mm of the wire. 

Figure 8.22 Gas-filled detector response vs. potential. A detector operating at the plateau marked B is an ionization counter. A proportional counter operates in the sloping region marked C where the response is proportional to the energy of the incoming photon. The plateau marked D represents the response of a Geiger counter. (Modified from Helsen and Kuczumow, used with permission.)...

A problem in proportional counters operating at these higher voltages is production of a secondary avalanche due to molecular excitation, which interferes with the detection of subsequent pulses. To prevent excitation that causes this secondary avalanche, a quenching agent is added to the fill gas (see Section 8.5.1). The multiplication factor in this region is about 10", which requires the measurement device to be far less sensitive than that for the ionization chambers. The proportional counter system has a preamplifier and a linear amplifier. 

Steps with mixed CR and local actions 2) Same task covered by contiguous alternative steps EOPs instruct to operate differently than normally Literal following is observed even when it counters operators understanding, such as waiting the situation to worsen to meet a condition in the procedure... 

Figure 10.3 Simulation output of a 3-bit binary counter operating at 20 kHz...

The irradiated samples showed about one curie of radiation six hours after removal from the pile. The amount of lead activity in the separated sample was usually in the range 10-100 disintegrations per minute. The radioactivity was measured with thin end window atomospherlc pressure porportlonal counters operating with pure methane at about 4000 volts. The counting efficiency was close to 50 per cent for Pb but only 5-lOJ for Pb which decays by K-electron capture. 

Figure 13.4 Relationship between the voltage applied and the number of ions collected (current). The regions at which different counters operate are indicated.

This is the region where "proportional counters" operate, and current is proportional to radiation intensity. Total current flow per ionizing event is much larger than in the ion chamber region ("Gas multiplication or amplification"). Detectors operated in this region usually are "pulse counters" rather than... 

Scope of analysis and modelling included ah interfaces between the signalling system and the axle counter system, taking into account ah the processes related to axle counter operation including control, command and communication exchanges. 

When an optical particle counter operates correctly, all particles having sizes falling between the upper and lower boundaries of a size channel will produce the number of counts in that channel. Ideally, the instrument should be able to count particles accurately over the entire operational size range. The reproducibility in concentration measurements between instruments should be better than 20%. The counting efficiency and accuracy can be affected by one or more of the following factors ... 

Tipover usually occurs because of operator error. As an added safeguard to counter operator error, the wearing of seat belts and the use of wing seats make sense. Despite the fifteen years of operator-seat modifications and seat belt installations on counterbalance lift trucks, the toll of injuries and fatalities continue. The seat belt may not be a perfect device that is readily accepted by operators and management, but the use of such safety devices surely contributes to reducing the numbers of injuries and deaths. The use and enforcement of these devices should be a part of every operator s training. 

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