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Further possibilities for the absorption method of investigating the primary β-particles from radioactive substances

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

N. Feather
N. Feather
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Trinity College
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A detailed account is given of an absorption method, using the β-radiation of radium E as a standard of comparison, by which the maximum energy and some indication of the form of the energy spectrum of the β-particles from any other radioelement may be obtained. The method is applicable alike to weak sources and to sources of finite thickness and is designed to yield the largest amount of information under such limitations. Experimental results with sources of UX2, Na24, Ag106 and P32 are treated by the method described. A modified empirical range-energy relation is given.

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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 34 , Issue 4 , October 1938 , pp. 599 - 611
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1938

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