Radiochemistry Lab
Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Department, Emirate Nuclear Technology Center
Principal advisor: Dr. Ahmed Alkaabi (ahmed.alkaabi@ku.ac.ae)Ìý
The laboratory of Radiochemistry is placed in the ground floor in Arzanah building, room 8036. There are several instruments dedicated to radioactivity measurement. XRF (Rontgen fluorescence spectrometry) Puma II is an effective tool for elemental analyses of metals. It is generally non-destructive method which does not need pre-treatment of sample. Moreover, Puma II is equipped with conveyer which allows automatic measurement of several samples.
TRICARB is instrument for liquid scintillation analyses of alpha and beta radioactive emitters. It has a special role in determination of tritium and isotope carbon 14 which are beta emitters. Samples analysed in TRICARB need pre-treatment in order to form liquid solution with added scintillator. It is scintillator which produced the secondary light flashes which are detected in photomultiplier tubes.
Alpha spectrometry PERAL Ordela is special instrument based on liquid scintillation for rapid determination of alpha emitters. It is also requested sample pre-treatment in order separation of target radionuclide.
Shielding for gamma detector is made of the lead bricks which eliminate the background radiation coming to the detector. The detector, High Purity Germanium (HPGe) or NaITl, is placed inside the empty space which allows to detect radiation coming particularly from a sample. It is also accompanied with a automatic sample changer.
XRF
TRICARB
Alpha spectrometry PERAL Ordela
ASC