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Electron Microprobe Analysis of Highly Radioactive Samples

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

V. G. Scotti
Affiliation:
Pratt and Whitney, Aircraft (CANEL) Middletown, Connecticut
J. M. Johnson
Affiliation:
Pratt and Whitney, Aircraft (CANEL) Middletown, Connecticut
R. T. Cunningham
Affiliation:
Pratt and Whitney, Aircraft (CANEL) Middletown, Connecticut
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Abstract

An electron microprobe analyzer shielded and modified to accept for analysis radioactive samples reading up to 100 R/hr is described. The following features will be illustrated and discussed: (1) biological shielding, (2) detector shielding, (3) sample transfer system, (4) remote sample loading and focusing system, (5) laboratory layout, and (6) experimental results.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1965

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