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Ge(Li) gamma-ray spectrometry as a pilot for NaI(Tl) gamma-ray spectrometry
V P Guinn1, F M Graber, D M Fleishman
1Gulf General Atomic Incorporated, San Diego, California, U.S.A.
Abstract:
Lithium-drifted germanium semiconductor detectors give much better resolution than do thallium-activated sodium iodide detectors, but much lower sensitivity. They can often advantageously be used in conjunction with NaI(Tl) detectors, to show whether corrections must be applied for activities other than the one to be measured and to provide the necessary information for calculation of the corrections.
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