Elementary Labs

Lecturer:

Petr Průša (gar.)

Tutor:

Petr Průša (gar.)

Supervisor:

Department of Dosimetry and Application of Ionizing Radiation

Synopsis:

Subject consists of practical excersises with purpose to learn student to operate basic nuclear instrumentation and also to show them practically basic characteristic of ionizing radiation.

Requirements:

Syllabus of lectures:

Syllabus of tutorials:

List of labs:

1)Study of Geiger-Müller counter.

2)Dead time of GM counter.

3)Statistical nature of radioactive decay.

4)Attenuation of gamma radiation.

5)Backscattering of gamma radiation.

6)Attenuation of beta radiation (GM counter).

Study Objective:

Knowledge:

Safety, Function of nuclear instrumentation modules, performance of various types of detectors

Skills:

Independent work using bacis nuclear instrumentation, Processing of measured data, Presentation of measured data, Interpretation of measured data, Safety

Study materials:

Key references:

[1]Gerndt, J.; Průša, P.: Detektory ionizujícího záření. 2. přepracované vydání. Vydavatelství ČVUT, Praha, 2011.

Recommended references:

[2] Knoll, G.F.: Radiation Detection and Measurement. John Wiley & Sons, 4th edition, 2010

Media and tools:

dosimetry laboratory

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:

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The course is a part of the following study plans: