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Third Year Nuclear Physics Assignment # 4 for the Session 2022-2023

Please solve the following problems and submit by 11:30 am, the November 04, 2024.

Problem-1: An ionization chamber is used with an electrometer capable of measuring 5 ×


10−11 Ampere to assay a source of 0.7 MeV beta particles. Assuming saturation conditions
and that all the particles are stopped within the chamber; calculate the rate at which the
beta particles must enter the chamber to just produce a measurable response. Given the
ionization potential for the gas atoms is 35 eV.
Problem-2: Estimate the gas multiplication required to count a 1 MeV proton which gives up
all its energy to the chamber gas in a proportional counter. Assume that the amplifier input
capacitance in parallel with the counter is 1×10−9 F and that its input sensitivity is 1 mV.
Energy required to produce one ion pair is 35 eV.
Problem-3: A proportional counter is used with an electrometer capable of measuring
5×10−11 Ampere to assay a source of 0.7 MeV beta particles. The beta particles produce on
an average 60 ion pairs with a gas multiplication factor of 6×104. What rate of particle
incidence will be required to produce an average current of 5×10−11 Ampere?
Problem-4: Calculate the pulse height obtained from a proportional counter when a 10 keV
electron gives up all its energy to the gas. The gas multiplication factor of the proportional
counter is 800, capacitance of the circuit is 20×10−12 F and energy required to produce an
ion pair is 32 eV.
Problem-5: Calculate the resolving time of a GM counter from the following observations by
the double source method: Background count 60 cpm, first source in position 8220 cpm,
both sources in position 16,860 cpm, second source in position 9360 cpm.
Problem-6: A counting rate of 16,200 counts min−1 is indicated by a GM tube having a dead
time of 250 µsec. Calculate the counting rate that would be observed in the absence of
dead time loss.
Problem-7: The plateau of a G.M. counter working at 1 kV has a slope of 2.5 % count rate
per 100 V. By how much can the working voltage be allowed to vary if the count rate is to
be limited to 0.1 %?
Problem-8: An organic-quenched GM tube has the following characteristics: Working
voltage 1000 V, Diameter of anode 0.2 mm, Diameter of cathode 2.0 cm, Maximum life
time 109 counts. What is the maximum radial field in the tube and how long will it last if
used for 15 hr per week of 6000 counts per minute?
Problem-9: A GM tube with a cathode and anode of 2 cm and 0.12 mm radii, respectively is
filled with Argon gas to 10 cm Hg pressure. If the tube has 1.2 kV applied across it,
estimate the distance from the anode, at which electron gains just enough energy in one
mean free path to ionize Argon. Ionization potential of Argon is 15.7 eV and mean free
path in Argon is 2×10−4 cm at 76 cm Hg pressure.
Problem-10: The dead time of a GM counter is 100 μs. Find the true counting rate if the
measured rate is 10,000 counts per min.
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