THE ADDITION OF AUTOMATIC TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE SENSORS TO UNDERWATER GAMMA SPECTROMETER

Abstract

Radioisotope gages to measure temperature and pressure were incorporated into the deep underwater gamma spectrometer. With this change underwater radiation spectra can be related to other oceanographic measurements. The radioisotopes, 204-T1 and 57-Co, are mounted on conventional sensors, so that the radiation intensity reaching the detector is a function of temperature or pressure. Energy analysis separates the gage counts from each other and the environmental radiation. Only 5% of the energy scale is used for these gages. If environmental spectra were not required, this technique could be expanded to accommodate 20 gages on 1 detector.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 24, 1969
Accession Number
AD0698287

Entities

People

  • Gordon K. Riel

Organizations

  • Naval Ordnance Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Analyzers
  • Automatic
  • Calibration
  • Detectors
  • Energy
  • Gamma Rays
  • Gamma Spectrometers
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Transfer
  • Isotopes
  • Measurement
  • Ordnance Laboratories
  • Pressure Gages
  • Pressure Transducers
  • Radiation
  • Spectra

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.