Validation of the Laboratory Sourceless Calibration Software (LabSOCS) on measurement
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-5098.2018.04.009
- VernacularTitle:LabSOCS无源效率刻度软件验证与测量研究
- Author:
Qiang ZHOU
1
;
Fei TUO
;
Shuaimo YAO
;
Jing ZHANG
;
Wenhong LI
;
Zeshu LI
Author Information
1. 中国疾病预防控制中心辐射防护与核安全医学所辐射防护与核应急中国疾病预防控制中心重点实验室
- Keywords:
Sourceless calibration;
γ-spectrometry;
Self-absorption correction
- From:
Chinese Journal of Radiological Medicine and Protection
2018;38(4):291-296
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To validate the effect of the Laboratory Sourceless Calibration Software (LabSOCS) in the actual sample measurement,and to study the effect of sample self-absorption correction and cascade radiation coincidence correction.Methods Two standard samples from the analytics company were measured using the two gamma spectrometers at our laboratory.The result were calculated using the efficiency generated by LabSOCS.Calculated result of each nuclide were analyzed.Results were compared with the standard value provided in the certificate.Results The LabSOCS may solve the problem of sample self-absorption correction in gamma energy spectrum measurement and analysis.The maximum deviation between the values of 241Am and 109Cd analyzed by LabSOCS and the reference value was less than 4% for the broad-energy high-purity germanium gamma-ray spectrometers.However,the coincidence additive correction caused by cascade radiation could not be solved directly.Conclusions The research shows that the LabSOCS can solve the problem of sample self-absorption correction by describing the composition and density of the samples accurately.However,when analyzing the nuclides with cascade radiation,the coincidence addition effects should be considered.The flexible simulation method of the LabSOCS can be used to increase the distance from the cascade nuclide sample to the detector and to complete the accurate measurement of the cascade nuclide.