Comments on: Tube: VA-Z320 http://www.pocketmagic.net/2011/11/tube-va-z320/ Where Technology meets magic Mon, 20 May 2013 05:57:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Radu Motisan http://www.pocketmagic.net/2011/11/tube-va-z320/comment-page-1/#comment-2848 Radu Motisan Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:12:11 +0000 http://www.pocketmagic.net/?p=2407#comment-2848 This tube was designed for Beta radiation, but given the extremely thin mica layer used as a window, it would almost certainly detect alphas at a close distance (to minimize the absorption in air).

The problem in using a tube for anything else that it was been designed for, is that any results are almost arbitrary and would need calibration (a very difficult task to achieve, if accuracy is among the requirements).

]]> By: winner23 http://www.pocketmagic.net/2011/11/tube-va-z320/comment-page-1/#comment-2847 winner23 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:51:47 +0000 http://www.pocketmagic.net/?p=2407#comment-2847 Hello,
Do you know if alpha radiation can be detected using this tube ,providing that has an mica window?

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