Speaker
Mr
Lucky Makhathini
(iThemba LABS)
Description
The tape station system is used for collecting and counting of "mostly" short-lived radioactive nuclei and these kinds of systems are used at an on-line facility. Such devices allow measuring radioactive particle even if they cannot be seen by other instruments. A flexible tape transport system may be used to catch recoiling nuclei after they have been mass identied by high-resolution mass spectrometer.
Depending on the half-life of the element of interest, where the detection point can be
same as the implantation point or measuring at the dierent position, a tape has to be moved to a low background area where it will be observed by and detectors. After counting for a while, the tape is moved again to make sure that activity from the complete decay chain to stability is not observed.
Primary author
Mr
Lucky Makhathini
(iThemba LABS)
Co-author
Dr
Rob Bark Bark
(iThemba LABS)
