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E267 - Investigation of school americium sources
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Participation in the CLEAPSS/ University of Liverpool investigation of school americium sources
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GL145 - Odd behaviour of some americium‐241 cup style sources
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Several schools have told us that when detecting alpha emissions with a GM tube, their americium‐241 source appeared to have become less radioactive than when it was new1. The source worked as exp.. more
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PP015 - Investigating the inverse square law using gamma radiation
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A straightforward practical which can be undertaken by post-16 students as well as done as a demonstration.
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PS078 Choosing new radioactive sources for school use:advice for science departments
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Updated in 2013, this document gives detailed advice on suitable radioactive sources and appropriate suppliers.
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Bulletin 151 - Autumn 2014
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This edition includes the directors message, and notes about new categories of membership, Hazcards update, using liquid nitrogen, human tissues, americium radioactive sources, using WW2 gas masks, et.. more
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GL079 Radioactivity: instrumentation for leak tests and contamination checks
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Describes in detail the routine tests of radioactive sources and the equipment needed to carry them out. Includes equipment, available to schools, but which is unsuitable for such tests.
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GL066 - A pattern of failure of radium-226 foil sources
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CLEAPSS has received a small but steadily increasing number of calls from schools regarding a red-brown discolouring on the surface of the metal disc of their radium sealed source.
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GL172 – Make your own spark counter.
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The spark counter is a piece of equipment highly recommended in practical demonstrations of radioactivity. It is a device designed for detecting alpha radiation and for demonstrating its ionising char.. more
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GL130 - Constructing an ionisation chamber
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This document gives step by step instructions to construct the ionisation chamber used on the CLEAPSS radioactivity courses.
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GL114 - Changes to L93
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Summarises the major differences between the previous and the November 2019 edition of guide L93 - Managing ionising radiations and radioactive substances in schools.
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