3B SCIENTIFIC U10600 Instrucciones De Uso página 5

3B SCIENTIFIC ® PHYSICS
Instruction manual
03/10 ALF
1. Description
The X-ray energy detector allows for the energy spec-
tra of X-ray or gamma-ray radiation in an energy
range of between about 2 keV and 60 keV to be re-
corded.
The X-ray energy detector consists of an Si PIN pho-
todiode built into a metal housing also containing a
charge-sensitive pre-amp, a linear master amplifier
with pulse shaping and a circuit with a digital signal
processor. Power is supplied via a USB port on a PC.
Measurement and evaluation of data is handled by
the MCALab software running under Windows.
The holder for the detector is particularly suited for
insertion into the goniometer arm (jib) of X-ray ap-
paratus (U192001 and U192001-US).
2. Scope of delivery
1 X-ray energy detector
1 Detector holder
1 CD with software for measurement and evaluation
1 Instruction manual
X-Ray Energy Detector U10600
3. Probability of detection
The probability of an Si PIN Photodiode detecting an
X-ray photon depends on its energy E. At higher
energies the probability becomes increasingly less.
Fig. 1 Probability of detecting X-ray photons
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1 Entry window
2 Detector housing
3 Detector holder
4 USB port