Detector - Revision history

Mcmaster at 02:32, 22 April 2025

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Mcmaster: /* Gamma spectrometer detector */

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‎Gamma spectrometer detector

Mcmaster at 23:44, 18 April 2025

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 | ||St Gobain|| ||McMaster has a lot of these
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-| ||Hitatchi||Vortex||McMaster misc parts
+| ||Hitatchi||[[Hitachi Vortex|Vortex]]||McMaster misc parts
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 | ||Oxford|| ||McMaster missing sensor
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 | ||Amtek|| ||McMaster sitting in box untested

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 ***Surplus units generally require some work to retrofit
 *x-ray machine / panel
-**Faxitron DX-50 or MX-20 x-ray machine (w/ DC5 or DC12 option)
+**See [[X-Ray]]
 *Neutron detector

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 ***Popular in some PCB reverse engineering circles
 ***Not as common on surplus market vs above 2
 *Neutron detector

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 *Neutron detector
-**Some Russian He-3 tubes work ok but there aren't any great standard options
+**TLDR: no great standard options. Specialized equipment
-**McMaster: I have a Ludlum Model 15 + some Eberline "sea mines
+**Some Russian He-3 tubes work ok
 **They also tend to be difficult to test without specialized equipment / sources (working fusor, Po, etc)

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 Some quick recommendations / popular equipment:
-*GQ
+*Geiger counter
-**Ex: GQ GMC-300S
+**GQ
-**I'm not as familiar with these but price start quite low
+***Ex: GQ GMC-300S
-**2025-04-18: $62, [https://www.amazon.com/GQ-GMC-300S-Radiation-Detector-Dosimeter/dp/B0B541D433/ link]
+***I'm not as familiar with these but price start quite low
-*MightyOhm w/ SBM-20
+***2025-04-18: $62, [https://www.amazon.com/GQ-GMC-300S-Radiation-Detector-Dosimeter/dp/B0B541D433/ link]
-**Entry level open source kit
+**MightyOhm w/ SBM-20
-**2025-04-18: $120 on Amazon including SBM-20, [https://www.amazon.com/MightyOhm-Geiger-Counter-Kit-Bundle/dp/B08L8FM1H6 link]
+***Entry level open source kit
-*Radiacode 102
+***2025-04-18: $120 on Amazon including SBM-20, [https://www.amazon.com/MightyOhm-Geiger-Counter-Kit-Bundle/dp/B08L8FM1H6 link]
-**Very popular portable / compact gamma spectrometer
+**Honorable mention: Civil Defense Geiger counters
-**2025-03-18: $250 on amazon, [https://www.amazon.com/stores/Radiacode/page/28ECBF84-111B-4391-9ADB-3C8091AE914F link]
+***There are a lot of these. But generally best to transfer the detector to more modern electronics (ex: MightyOhm)
-*Ludlum Model 3 Geiger counter
+*Gamma spectrometer
-**The US nuclear industry standard Geiger counter / survey meter
+**Radiacode 102
-**2025: About $400 used on eBay (say wand or LND 723 tube)
+***Very popular portable / compact gamma spectrometer
-*Gamma Spectacular
+***2025-03-18: $250 on amazon, [https://www.amazon.com/stores/Radiacode/page/28ECBF84-111B-4391-9ADB-3C8091AE914F link]
-**If you want to interface to a more specialized gamma spectrometer detector
+**Ludlum Model 3 Geiger counter
 *Neutron detector
 **Some Russian He-3 tubes work ok but there aren't any great standard options
 **McMaster: I have a Ludlum Model 15 + some Eberline "sea mines
 **They also tend to be difficult to test without specialized equipment / sources (working fusor, Po, etc)

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 See also:
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-== FOSS ==
+==FOSS==
 https://github.com/OpenGammaProject/Open-Gamma-Detector/

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 See also:
-* [[Eberline]]
+*[[Eberline]]
-* [[Russia]]
+*[[Russia]]
-* [[LSC|liquid scintillation counting]]
+*[[LSC|liquid scintillation counting]]
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 !Material!!Alpha!!Beta!!Gamma / x-ray!!Neutron!!Notes
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 ==Alpha==
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 !Image!!Vendor!!Model!!Notes
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-| ||LND, INC.|| [[LND 723|723]]||
+| ||LND, INC.||[[LND 723|723]]||
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 | ||Ludlum||44-7||See  [[LND 723]]
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-== Gamma spectrometer unit ==
+==Gamma spectrometer unit==
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-== Gamma spectrometer detector ==
+==Gamma spectrometer detector==
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-[[eberline_start|Eberline]]
+See also:
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+!Image!!Vendor!!Model!!Notes
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-| ||LND, INC.||[[lnd_723 | 723]]||
+| ||Pomelo||Pomelo||
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-| ||Ludlum||44-7||See [[lnd_723 | LND 723]]
+| ||St Gobain|| ||McMaster has a lot of these
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-| ||TGM||N210||See [[lnd_723 | LND 723]]
+| ||Hitatchi||Vortex||McMaster misc parts
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-| ||XETEX, INC.|| ||See [[lnd_723 | LND 723]]
+| ||Oxford|| ||McMaster missing sensor
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-=References=
+==MyGeiger ver.2.00==
-[[Russia nuclear|List of Russian tubes]]
+[http://www.rhelectronics.net/store/diy-geiger-counter-kit.html Link]
 Include:
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 *Passive Nondestructive Assay Manual - PANDA:  [http://www.lanl.gov/orgs/n/n1/panda/]
 **Info on neutron detectors