Radiation detection monitor

Τίτλος

Radiation detection monitor

Θέμα

Electromagnetic waves

X-rays

Δημιουργός

Panayi, Maria

Πηγή

Higher Technical Institute

Το πλήρες κείμενο είναι διαθέσιμο από το Υπουργείο Ενέργειας, Εμπορίου Βιομηχανίας και Τουρισμού

Εκδότης

Library of Cyprus University of Technology

Ημερομηνία

1989

Συνεισφέρων

Kaplanis, A.

Δικαιώματα

Απαγορεύεται η δημοσίευση ή αναπαραγωγή, ηλεκτρονική ή άλλη χωρίς τη γραπτή συγκατάθεση του δημιουργού και κάτοχου των πνευματικών δικαιωμάτων.

Μορφή

pdf

Γλώσσα

eng

Τύπος

text

Αναγνωριστικό

EED 0021

Σύνοψη

This project, whose aims and terms of reference are outlined herewith, has given the writer the opportunity to familiarize and understand some basic concepts about X-ray and electromagnetic radiation in general.
Radiations detectors are instruments which are designed to detect and measure, usually, ionising electromagnetic radiation.
There are various types, some of which are mentioned in this project report, and their principle of operation is based on the fact that radiation ionise gases.
Such instruments are expensive in comparison to the one that the author has constructed and in any case their design and construction is backed up by designers and manufacturers of high quality and performance.
It is not claimed, therefore, that the simple design outlined and discussed in this report outperforms similar devices in the market from well estab1ished manufacturers.
Nevertheless, despite the very many difficulties and limitations (mostly on the availability of components and sensors) that had to be faced in producing such a device, the author has managed to design construct and test a detector capable of giving an indication when X-ray radiation falls on the surface of a rather inexpensive (and not strictly suitable for all wavelengths of ionizing radiation) sensor, the BW21.
The characteristics of such a device are attached herewith from which it will be realised that only a portion of the Xray frequency spectrum can be detected or sensed by this device.
In order to immprove its performance an intensifying screen has been used in practice and the results are in the opinion of the author, satisfactory.