Laboratory Course - 12 Experiments

Administrative

• Labgroups

Course Outline

• Laboratory Handbook (hard copy distributed)
  • Treatment of Errors (Manual)
• Radiation Safety (Registration and Training)
• Material (hard copy distributed)

Co-ordinators and Demonstrators

• Prof SH Connell : UJ
• Dr M Madhuku : iThemba
• Mr K Sekonya : iThemba
• Mr A Kwelilanga : iThemba
• Dr C Franklyn : NECSA
• Dr A Faanhof : NECSA

Experimental projects

• Experiment 1 : iThemba : Compton scattering
• Experiment 2 : iThemba : alpha-particle spectra and ranges
• Experiment 3 : iThemba : Natural radioactivity
• Experiment 4 : iThemba : Gamma angular distributions to determine the spin of 19F
• Experiment 5 : iThemba : (p,n) Threshold Reactions and Neutron detection
  • Paper on the Al(pn)Si reaction : NIM A 340 (1994) 436 (restricted)
• Experiment 6 : iThemba : PIXE micro-probe analysis of a multi-phase sample
  • The PIXE Technique available online
  • About the iThemba micro- Probe : NIMB 130(1997)37 (restricted)
  • Review of Geological Analysis by Micro- Probe Tandem : NIM B 219(2004)534(restricted)
• Experiment 7 : NECSA : Neutron Activation Analysis
• Experiment 8 : NECSA : Radiation Monitoring
• Experiment 9 : NECSA : Waste processing
• Experiment 10 : iThemba : Cosmic Rays and the Muon Lifetime
• Experiment 11 : iThemba : (p,ff) Detection of fission fragments
• Experiment 12 : iThemba : Coincidence detection – Positron lifetimes

Restricted Material

• For registered students