Spectrometry and dosimetric evaluation of the gamma-ray emissions of 241Am

✍ Scribed by D.A. Bradley; C.S. Chong

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1991
• Weight: 289 KB
• Volume: 42
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0883-2889
• DOI: 10.1016/0883-2889(91)90181-y

✦ Synopsis

New, detailed measurements have been made of the photon spectrum of the radionuclide 241Am. Observations, recorded for a 95% confidence level over local background, provide affirmation of a number of lines previously considered to be of equivocal existence. A number of hitherto unreported emissions are similarly observed. Peak areas, expressed as a percentage of that for the 59.54 keV emission, have been ascribed to all lines of the detailed spectrum. This leads to an estimated increase in the value of exposure calculated from the measured fluence spectrum, relative to that from the 59.54 keV line, of (3.1 +/- 0.8)%, taking into account all emissions beyond the predominating 59.54 keV gamma-ray emission.