Biomedical subjects

G Sibbens

Publications and source records attributed to G Sibbens.

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PubMed2000

Improvements in quantitative source preparation

Quantitative source preparation is indispensable for radionuclide standardisation. To improve the source quality, a device has been developed to accelerate the evaporation of solvents from a drop deposited on a substrate. Short drying times were reached by stirring the rotating drop with multiple jets of dry nitrogen at elevated temperature. Uniform deposits with a large number of small crystals were obtained. The source-quality was checked by micrographs and scans of autoradiographs and by the shape parameters of alpha-particle spectra.

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PubMed2000

Determination of the absolute alpha-particle emission probabilities of 237Np

In the framework of the EUROMET project No. 416, decay scheme data of 237Np were measured by alpha-particle spectrometry. Emission probabilities of alpha-particles and gamma-rays were determined in the past at IRMM. After improvements of the detector system and the electron bending magnet the alpha-particle measurements have been repeated. As a result, the absolute emission probabilities of 20 alpha-particle transitions were obtained with a significant lower uncertainty. Among those transitions already known, five new were found.

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PubMed2000

Standardisation of 204Tl at IRMM

IRMM participated in a recent international comparison for the standardisation of a 204Tl solution organised by BIPM. The activity concentration of the 204Tl solution was measured at IRMM using 3 independent methods; Liquid Scintillation Counting using the CIEMAT/NIST method, 4pi-CsI counting and 4pibeta counting using a large pressurised proportional counter. This article describes the measurements in detail and discusses potential problems in the standardisation of 204Tl.

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