A beta-alpha coincidence counting system for measurement of trace quantities of 238U and 232Th in aqueous samples at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
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The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory experiment was built to measure the total flux of B solar neutrinos via the neutral current disintegration deuterium nuclei. This process can be mimiced by daughter isotopes of Th and U which can photodisintegrate the deuterium nucleus. Measurement of the concentration of such radioisotopes in the heavy water was critical to the success of the experiment. A radium assay technique using Hydrous Titanium Oxide coated filters was developed for this purpose and it was used in conjunction with a delayed beta-alpha coincidence counting system. The design, calibration and operation of this counting system are described in this paper. The counting efficiency for Th (Ra) and U (Ra) were measured to be 50 ± 5% and 62 ± 7%
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