title: A low-level spectrometer with a planar low-energy HPGe: shielding arrangement tests and system performance for 210Pb determination in air filter samples.
abstract: A system for low-energy photon spectrometry using a planar germanium detector with appropriate specifications is presented. A spectrometric background investigation has been carried out with various detector shielding arrangements. The characteristics of the system for measurements of 210Pb in air-particulate matter on filters have been determined.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Ingegneria Nucleare, Università di Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cannizzaro
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Greco
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Raneli
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Spitale
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tomarchio
mesh_terms: D015502:Absorptiometry, Photon / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D000465:Algorithms; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000032:analysis*; D005857:Germanium; D007856:Lead Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis*; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D007856:Lead Radioisotopes; D005857:Germanium