The results of an investigation of the effect of collimators with a square cell on the detection efficiency of α-particles and the energy resolution of the spectra of α-emitting aerosols, which were first collected on a filter made of ultrafine polymers fibers, are reported. The investigations will make it possible to develop in the future new and improved already existing apparatus for express spectrometry of α-emitting aerosols.
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Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 125, No. 2, pp. 109–113, August, 2018.
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Pripachkin, D.A., Aron, D.V., Budyka, A.K. et al. Collimator Effect on Semiconductor α-Spectrometer Characteristics in Measurements of Radioactive Aerosols. At Energy 125, 119–123 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10512-018-0452-z
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