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NUKLEONIKA
Volume 62, Issue 1, Pages 47-59Publisher
INST NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY TECHNOLOGY
DOI: 10.1515/nuka-2017-0007
Keywords
efficiency calibration; environmental radioactivity; gamma spectrometry; geometric dependence of the efficiency; self-attenuation corrections
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A methodology to determine the full energy peak efficiency (FEPE) for precise gamma spectrometry measurements of environmental samples with high-purity germanium (HPGe) detector, valid when this efficiency depends on the energy of the radiation E, the height of the cylindrical sample H, and its density rho is introduced. The methodology consists of an initial calibration as a function of E and H and the application of a self-attenuation factor, depending on the density of the sample., in order to correct for the different attenuation of the generic sample in relation to the measured standard. The obtained efficiency can be used in the whole range of interest studied, E = 120-2000 keV, H = 1-5 cm, and rho = 0.8-1.7 g/cm(3), being its uncertainty below 5%. The efficiency has been checked by the measurement of standards, resulting in a good agreement between experimental and expected activities. The described methodology can be extended to similar situations when samples show geometric and compaction differences.
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