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Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 1977

Filed:

Jun. 14, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:

Donald L Horrocks, Placentia, CA (US);

Assignee:

Beckman Instruments, Inc., Fullerton, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
250328 ; 2503 / ;
Abstract

A method of measuring the disintegration rate of a beta-emitting radionuclide in a liquid sample by counting at least two differently quenched versions of the sample. In each counting operation the sample is counted in the presence of and in the absence of a standard radioactive source. A pulse height (PH) corresponding to a unique point on the pulse height spectrum generated in the presence of the standard is determined. A zero threshold sample count rate (CPM) is derived by counting the sample once in a counting window having a zero threshold lower limit. Normalized values of the measured pulse heights (PH) are developed and correlated with the corresponding pulse counts (CPM) to determine the pulse count for a normalized pulse height value of zero and hence the sample disintegration rate.


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Horrocks, Donald. (1977). Method of measuring the disintegration rate of beta-emitting (U.S. Patent No. 4060728). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/4060728

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