I wanted to find out if the PIN diode detector of the KC761 was capable of actually doing credible alpha particle spectroscopy...
I am just starting out on my voyage of discovery on this subject. I have worked on this project for about 3 months and this is the result.
I am guessing that the number of YouTube watch hours that this video generates will be lower than that actual time I have invested in this myself, it is after all, a fairly specialist subject. That's said, the payback is in the knowledge gained...
The Links
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NIST physical measurement lab and ASTAR stopping power calculator:
https://physics.nist.gov/PhysRefData/Star/Text/ASTAR.html
Stoppi video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IM3RJr54IAQ
Link to the KC761 manufacturers website:
https://deepace.net/product/measall-radiation-dosimeters-and-gamma-spectrometers-kc761/
Chapters
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00:00 Introduction
03:00 Some Info. Some background information in gamma and alpha spectroscopy.
06:07 Hacking it. Upgrading the product to allow alpha detection.
09:19 Experiment 1
10:07 Experiment 2
12:38 WTF is this? Understanding the measurement.
17:24 Experiment 3
19:53 Experiment 4
21:54 Summary
23:34 What Next. Perhaps I will take this further...
24:16 Bonus Level. The PLA type-7 Geiger counter