Progress on detection of radioactivity by airborne equipment
Trace Elements Investigations
83
By: Frank W. Stead
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Abstract
Coincidence and anti-coincidence counting rate meters and also an air conductivity meter have been installed in a transport plane to measure gamma radiation from ground sources. Materials containing 0.01 percent uranium can be detected at 500 feet and at an airspeed of 150 miles per hour.
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Stead, F., 1949, Progress on detection of radioactivity by airborne equipment: U.S. Geological Survey Trace Elements Investigations 83, 8 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/tei83.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Progress on detection of radioactivity by airborne equipment |
| Series title | Trace Elements Investigations |
| Series number | 83 |
| DOI | 10.3133/tei83 |
| Year Published | 1949 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Description | 8 p. |