Radioactivity of the Baszkówka meteorite

Authors

  • Małgorzata Biernacka Dosimetry Department, Central Laboratory for Radiological Protection, Konwaliowa 7, PL-03-194 Warszawa
  • Krzysztof Isajenko Dosimetry Department, Central Laboratory for Radiological Protection, Konwaliowa 7, PL-03-194 Warszawa
  • Paweł Lipiński Dosimetry Department, Central Laboratory for Radiological Protection, Konwaliowa 7, PL-03-194 Warszawa
  • Alfred Żak Dosimetry Department, Central Laboratory for Radiological Protection, Konwaliowa 7, PL-03-194 Warszawa

Keywords:

meteorite, radioactivity, gamma spectrometry

Abstract

In January 1996 a fragment, and in May 1996 a cut slab of the Baszkówka meteorite, were delivered for the radioactivity analysis to the Dosimetry Department of the Central Laboratory for Radiological Protection (CLOR) in Warsaw. The measurement method was gamma spectrometry using HPGe (High Purity Germanium) detectors. The CLOR prepared volume calibration source identical to the cut slab of the meteorite delivered for analyses. The presence of 40K and the cosmogenic radionuclides such as 54Mn and 22Na was detected in the Baszkówka meteorite. The results and measurement method are discussed. 

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Published

2012-11-23

Issue

Vol. 45 No. 3 (2001)

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