Category: Tests
Testing commercial products
Stilbene
Stilbene is an organic solid scintillator material used for fast neutron detection. Characteristics: Direct detection of fast neutrons Stilbene is highly sensitive to fast neutrons,…
CsI(Na) cutted and polished at home
June 2020. After some time searching around on the net for a scintillation material that I can shape at home, I’ve found a Dutch guy…
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…
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…
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…
Inside a russian Ge transistor
What’s inside a russian germanium transistor? I’ve a K.O. P217 metallic germanium transistor so let’s open it! The victim comes from an high voltage generator…
Collins airborne meteo RADAR
INTRODUCTION Radar? WTF??? Yes, I’ve bought a radar on eBay for 1€!!! Seriously talking I’ve bought it plus it’s display for another 1€. 2€ for…
BW radiation dosimeter, tactical, set 0065 B
Bundeswehr radiation dosimeter, tactical, set 0065 B For about 25€ I’ve find this nice militar dosimeter set. It comes from german army and it’s…