The material in this book, which is the result of a 10-year experience obtained in teaching courses related to radiation measurements at the University of Missouri-Rolla, is intended to provide an introductory text on the subject. It includes not only what I believe the beginner ought to be taught but also some of the background material that people involved in radiation measurements should have. | MEASUREMENT AND DETECTION OF RADIATION Second Edition MEASUREMENT AND DETECTION OF RADIATION Second Edition Nicholas Tsoulfanidis University of Missouri-Rolla Taylorshm &Francis P,,hl, \,ncc I798 1995 Publishing Office: Taylor & Francis 1101 Vermont Avenue , . Suite 200 Washington, DC 200053521 Tel: (202) 289-2174 Fax: (202) 289-3665 Distribution Center: USA Taylor & Francis 1900 Frost Road Suite 101 Bristol, PA 19007-1598 Tel: (215) 7855800 Fax: (215) 785-5515 UK Taylor & Francis Ltd. 4 John St . London WClN 2ET Tel: 071405 2237 Fax: 071 8312035 MEASUREMENT AND DETECTION OF RADIATION, Second Edition Copyright 0 1995, 1983 Taylor & Francis. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher. 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 BRBR 9 8 7 6 5 This book was set in Times Roman by Technical Typesetting Inc. The editors were Christine E. Williams and Carol Edwards. Cover design by Michelle M. Fleitz. Printing and binding by Braun-Brumfield, Inc. A CIP catalog record for this book is available from the British Library. @ The paper in this publication meets the requirements of the ANSI Standard (Permanence of Paper) Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Tsoulfanidis, Nicholas Measurement and detection of radiation/Nicholas ed. p. cm. 1. Radiation-Measurement. 2. Nuclear counters. I. Title. 1995 ’7-dc20 ISBN l 56032-317-5 - 94-24270 CIP To .
