A minimalist diagram of X-ray generation methods and the energy levels of an atom, labelled a) to e): a) Bremsstrahlung: an electron deflects around the nucleus of an atom, emitting a squiggly line representing an X-ray photon. b) Synchrotron: an electron travels between two magnets and is deflected, producing another squiggly line. c) Fluorescence: an electron in an atom drops from one energy level to a lower energy level, emitting another squiggly line. d) Auger emission: as with fluorescence, except as the electron drops down it ejects another electron. No squiggly line is emitted. e) Energy levels, & some transition: the K, L, and M shells and subshells, with their corresponding quantum numbers (n, l, and j), and arrows representing the transitions that emit K-L, K-M, and L-M X-rays.
Line diagram of a proportional counter, a type of agonising radiation detector. It consists of a cylinder (labelled Cathode can), with an anode wire running through it's centre. A cut-away shows the wire inside the can and a cloud of small circles representing the fill gas. The cathode and anode are connected by a diagrammatic electrical circuit consisting of a DC power supply (labelled Vdet) and a sense resistor.
Line diagram of an experimental setup. Shows a side and two top view of a detector and a gamma radiation source in a holder. The distance from the source to the face of the detector is given as 139.3mm. The top views show a single source and a two source setup.
Line diagram of a graphite stack used for a neutron counting experiment. The diagram shows an array of round and square channels on the front face of the stack (with an inset showing the spacing of the channels), the overall dimensions of the stack, the source in the bottom of the stack (highlighted in red), and a BF3 detector in a channel (also highlighted in red). These features are labelled with numbers, and a legend is provided.
I've made some pretty good diagrams for this course.
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