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- Short: demo of a gamma ray scintillation counter
- Type: misc/edu
- Uploader: bradcln@cln.etc.bc.ca
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- Gyrus Software
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- ## Gamma Demo ##
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- ## R. McCarter ##
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- Gamma Demo is a freely distributable limited version of Gamma Counter © 1992
- Gyrus Software ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. You are encouraged to copy and send
- versions of Gamma Demo to any interested users, however, Gamma Counter is a
- copyright protected commercial program and must not be reproduced for
- distribution to others.
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- Gamma Counter is a simulation of a gamma ray scintillation counter used to
- study radioactivity. This simulation has been developed to fill a void in
- the way students normally learn about radioactivity. Usually there are few
- lab activities due to the expense of individual work stations, the danger
- and expense of radioisotopes and the time needed to carry out involved
- experiments.
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- Using the Gamma 2000 counter students will be able to simulate the
- measurement of the energies of the emissions of a variety of radioisotopes,
- to count the emissions and to determine the half lives of the isotopes.
- Many exotic radioisotopes have been provided, some with such short half
- lives that they would only last for minutes in a normal laboratory. Several
- lab activities are provided to demonstrate the use of radioisotopes in
- science, medicine and industry.
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- The Gamma 2000 has several advantages over the operation of conventional
- scintillation counters. This may detract from authenticity, however it
- simplifies and adds interest to the use of the equipment in a high school
- classroom. The counter does not have to be calibrated and is sensitive to a
- wide energy spectrum of beta particles, positrons and gamma rays. Time can be
- run quickly ahead or in reverse so that days pass in seconds and complex
- experiments can be done quickly. Calculation of half lives is simplified by a
- feature that allows the matching of a half life graph to the data recorded in
- an experiment.
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- Gamma Counter was written for the Amiga computer in Amos by:
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- Bob McCarter
- Gyrus Software
- RR3 Site 312 C53
- Port Alberni, B.C.
- Canada
- V9Y 7L7
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- Copies of Gamma Counter can be ordered for $39.95 from the above address.
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- The complete version includes documentation, 14 different experiments that
- illustrate the varied uses of radiation and can be readily copied onto a
- hard drive.
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