Author: l.i.papadopol
Lead castle
A lead castle, also called a lead cave or a lead housing, is a structure composed of lead to provide shielding against gamma radiation in…
OST 40x40mm NaI(Tl)
I’ve finally tested my brand new 40x40mm NaI(Tl) crystal from OST making with it a new probe for my lab. This time I’ve tested epoxy…
Trinitite HPGe spectrum
Some months ago I’ve bought a trinitite sand from United Nuclear. They’re website description say: Early in the morning on July 16th, 1945, the first…
DIY scintillation probe: alluminium enclosures
How to make a scintillation probe with aluminium enclosure? Is not that hard if you have a lathe, a mill and a drill. I start…
DIY scintillation probe: the easy way
This guide is under continuative update. updated 9 June 2019 updated 12 June 2019 updated 21 June 2019 Intro Many backers of my USB PMT…
CsI undoped
I’ve bought this 10x10x30mm CsI undoped crystal scintillator from Moscow. It’s looking great! Let we see what Saint Gobain tells about this type of crystal…
The Bequerel experiment
I always desired to reproduce some experiments of first pioneers of radioactivity. Bequerel exposing some photographic plates to the radioactivity of some uranium rocks obtained…
LYSO + ZnS(Ag) new order
Today I’ve made a new order from The Rad Lab. This time I’ve found on it’s ebay store a stock of 20 LYSO crystals to…
ZP1210
I’ve found this two interesting modules at Marzaglia ham radio flea market (11 May 2019) and bought for 5€. Each module have soldered two geiger…
Anthracene
For Beta counting and Beta spectroscopy parpuses, Antracene (C14H10) an organic scintillator material is widely used. It’s light output yeld is the highest of the…