title: Portable alpha spectrometer.
abstract: Many portable devices have been designed to detect γ-rays or alpha and beta particles. Most of the α-particle detectors give the total count as a result, without identifying the radionuclides existing in the sample. The development of a device allowing rapid and straightforward α-particle spectrometry would be very useful for detecting the radioactive contents of unknown samples. This work describes the construction of a portable device using silicon semiconductor detectors designed to rapidly detect and possibly identify alpha-emitting radionuclides.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Extremadura, E-06006 Badajoz, Spain. ams@unex.es
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martín Sánchez
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: de la Torre Pérez
mesh_terms: D000512:Alpha Particles; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D008904:Miniaturization; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011874:Radiometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013057:Spectrum Analysis / Q000295:instrumentation*