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1. isti Result Number Format AutoFormat C Scientific C Fixed C Fixed with Thousands Separators Display Precision Decimal Places to Display in Result 4 v Preview 1234567 899 X Cancel Fig 63 Format Results Selection Use the Fonts tab Fig 64 to choose the fonts to be used for the parts of the E Category Order dialogs Text Fields and Lists Sample 123 456 Ko Reset AA Change Category Selection Index Tabs Sample 123 456 Ke Reset AA Change X Cancel Fig 64 Font Selection 53 NuclideNavigator III C53 B32 The Category Order tab Fig 65 shows the order in which the cate gory tabs are listed on the Master Converter dialog Fig 58 Changes in this dialog are disabled if Sort Categories by Alphabetical Order is selected on the General folder The categories can be moved so that the commonly used categories are adjacent to one another This minimizes the amount of scrolling back and forth among the different categories The Edit menu Fig 66 contains the common Windows edit commands you can use for entering text in the entry fields Preferences Ed General Result Format Fonts Acceleration Angle Angular Velocity Area E T Up Capacitance Jv Charge P Conductance Down Sort 22 a Data Storage Data Transfer Density Dynamic Viscosity Energy Flow m Re
2. 4 3 2 Deleting a Nuclide To delete a nuclide select a nuclide from the target window s nuclide list box Once the nuclide is highlighted the Delete Nuclide command on the Edit menu will be enabled When you select Delete Nuclide NuclideNavigator will ask you to verify the deletion of the nuclide and its gamma rays from the library Answer Yes to delete the nuclide 4 3 3 Editing Nuclide Properties To edit a nuclide s properties click on any field in the nuclide information display area This will open the nuclide information form shown in Fig 24 This is the same form used for adding a nuclide however instead of being blank the form will contain the current information for the selected nuclide By changing values on this form and accepting them you can modify the nuclide information for any selected nuclide in the Target Library You can also do this by highlighting the nuclide name and selecting Edit Edit nuclide from the menu bar The Parents and Daughters fields must have valid isotope names The field Br i where i is 1 2 or 3 is the branching ratio to the daughter D i 4 3 4 Adding Emissions The type of emission alpha beta or gamma to add is the same as the type being displayed This is selected in Options New Dialog The dialogs for changes are similar so only gamma will be discussed here To add a gamma ray for a given nuclide first select the nuclide from the target Edt window s nuclide list box Once
3. Branching Ratio 6 1 2 2 Copy Report gt The Copy Report dialog is shown in Fig 48 Fig 47 View Print Number Select from All Top 5 Top 10 Top 15 or Top 20 emissions to be Library Manager listed on the report or copied to the Copy Report target The emissions with the highest branching ratio are selected They are Number Special listed or copied in energy order This option is used to filter out the least intense emissions from a nuclide s C Top 5 x Prompt Before Copy if No Alphas display thus allowing quick identifi Top 10 Copy if Zero Branching Ratio cation of the top few emissions of a given nuclide This filtering option can be turned off by simply choosing All as C Top 20 Copy Daughter Nuclides the reporting option The total number of emissions for a nuclide will always be listed even if reporting all of a nuclide s emissions is not a choice C All X Prompt Before Copy if No Gammas Top 15 Copy Escape Peaks Fig 48 Copy Report 44 6 MENU COMMANDS Special Prompt Before Copy if No Gammas Marking this box will turn on the dialog to verify that a nuclide with no gamma rays is to be transferred to the Target Library This is only asked if the View Print Radiation mode is gammas Prompt Before Copy if No Alphas Marking this box will turn on the dialog to verify that a nuclide with no alpha rays is to be transferred to the Target
4. When modifying gamma ray data you can use the information form to navigate through all of a given nuclide s gamma rays Use the Next gt gt and lt lt Previous buttons to display the complete list of a nuclide s gamma rays 4 3 7 Reordering Gamma Rays The master gamma rays are ordered in increasing energy When transferred to a Target Library this order is maintained However NuclideNavigator allows you to display the gamma rays in any order you wish e g in decreasing yield or branching ratio To display the emissions list in ascending order click on the Energy button as seen above the list in Fig 23 To display the list in branching order click on the Branch g d button To display the list in the user order click on the idx button To change the order in the idx mode use the up and down arrow buttons above the upper right corner of the target window s gamma ray list box These buttons change the order in which the gamma rays of a nuclide are listed in the GammaVision library To use these arrows first select a gamma ray and then click either the up or down arrow to move the gamma ray one position If the gamma ray is at the top and or bottom of the list the respective button is disabled 4 4 Library Reporting NuclideNavigator can generate four different reports or lists of the library contents These reports are generated based on the Print Method settings The first setting selects either 1 the printing of all of the nuclide
5. 59 Edit Menu Target Window 69 File Menu Source Window 58 File Menu Target Window 68 Options Menu Source Window 59 Options Menu Target Window 72 Library Manager View 19 21 49 58 65 Limits ENETEY ranpe dea Rb pan D Ue 14 Half Mena ser nen Deedes gi erts 14 nuclide generation o oooo o oo 15 Jine Ob stability rosales ra 9 Link Source amp Target cx e Res 21 MAESTRO library 38 Master Library 3 054 41 ie 23 30 31 MASTER MDB 1 37 77 79 menu Edit saesae taupe a ae ts 59 69 NuclideNavigator III C53 B32 Pt Se ee DR UR 41 58 68 OPHONS sterne 43 59 72 Popup ius pae 9 21 46 62 74 TOOS a Adi utl S Rude s dte OUR AE dus 47 Microsoft Access Library 41 MIXGIEB LIB a ee 38 MSAJITIIZDLI 2 5544 2 02 78 MSATI200 DLL retire 78 NACI israelita ita 38 NATURAL LIBE sui ERR 37 Neutron absorption cross section 1 4 Neutron activation udo pog erneuern 16 NO e keine Ba ah ene EA 24 NNSS EXE Fee 77 NEP LIB ondes zu aos ee 37 nuclide aTe le EE EEE 23 31 33 69 COPY See a 47 68 daughter 1 10 22 24 45 47 62 63 70 74 decay Seres A ate od oie oi 37 56 delete du tg te topes ee 24 32 71 COI cata yay OO ee aie ae SA 47 70 naturally occurring 37 38 parent iu d esce abe MEL pac e SOR 1 37 properties 0M o o o o o ooooooo
6. 8 Inquire 8 Inquire C Show Ground State C View Nuclide C Show m Metastable C Edit Nuclide C Show n Metastable O Copy Nuclide to Target Show a Metastable Show b Metastable Show c Metastable Delimiter Comma C Semicolon Fig 50 Segr Chart View 46 6 MENU COMMANDS Pop Up Menu Inquire Prompts for one of the following actions View Nuclide Edit Nuclide or Copy Nuclide to Target whenever you double click on a nuclide in the Segr Chart View View Nuclide Automatically displays the nuclide information including half life branching ratio and selected emissions Additional information such as parents daughters references and associated gammas is displayed if you are viewing the Master Library Edit Nuclide Allows you to edit the nuclide s properties such as half life nuclide type and uncertainty Several nuclide flags can also be edited The Master Libraries cannot be edited Copy Nuclide to Target Library Automatically copies the nuclide and its emissions to the selected Target i i Tools Library If no Target Library is selected a dialog opens so you can select z nd CENT Library for gt Library Manager 6 1 3 Tools me I Periodic Chart The Tools menu is shown in Fig 51 Units Converter Decay Schemes 6 1 3 1 Zoom Fig 51 Tools Menu Opens the submenu to zoom in or out on the Segr Chart view These are
7. 82 so you can choose to search for gammas or alphas Fig 82 Search Library Fig 81 Tools Menu Selecting Gammas opens the dialog in Fig 83 Search for Gammas by Energy and Selected Options X m CU r 88 m zu x JENNI CN Fig 83 Search for Gammas by Energy 64 6 MENU COMMANDS Selecting Alphas opens the dialog shown in Fig 84 Note the defaults are greater for alphas This allows you to search in the Source Library for gamma or alpha rays in a specific energy window You can also specify a half life range and generator flags Search for Alphas by Energy and Selected Options Ed Search for Generator Search Options Energy ke Window keV Thermal Neutron Activation T 4876 X Fast Neutron Activation F X Match Associated Lines Fission Product 1 First 7 X Naturally Occurring Isotope N Second Photon Reaction P X Halflife Search Options X Charged Particle Reaction C Minimum P jJ s Maximum o jJ Fig 84 Search for Alphas 6 2 4 2 Library Manager Switches the viewing mode from the Segr Chart to a dual windowed mode More advanced library management functions are available in this mode including multiple nuclide copying adding deleting nuclides and adding deleting editing gamma rays If the Source Library is a master library and there is no Target Library a dialog is displayed
8. Library Management NuclideNavigator can create GammaVision libraries from the Master database to quickly develop application specific libraries for use in analyzing gamma spectroscopy data Once created these application specific libraries can be maintained and updated as required by editing the values of existing nuclides and gamma rays or adding and deleting entire nuclides and all associated gamma rays or adding or deleting individual gamma rays 1 4 Other Views Two helpful displays can also be shown One is the periodic chart complete with physical constants for each element The second is a units conversion dialog This will convert between different types of units for the same quantity It can also be customized for special conversions 1 5 Hardware NuclideNavigator III will run on any PC that runs Windows 95 98 or NT The complete libraries use 10 MB of hard drive space 2 NUCLIDE INFORMATION The sections in this chapter will illustrate how to access NuclideNavigator s database using the Segr Chart View and Nuclide Information screens There are two modes of displaying the nuclides e The Segr Chart View explained below The Library Manager View explained in Section 4 1 NuclideNavigator restarts using the same libraries source and target that were active when it was stopped and in the same viewing mode 2 1 Segre Chart View The display mode showing the most detail is the Segr Chart Chart of the N
9. metastable states if any are displayed Some of the information provided in the expanded view is color coded The Help Legend describes the color and labeling scheme used This is shown in Figs 3 through 11 4 2 NUCLIDE INFORMATION Fig 3 Legend Menu Stable Fig 4 Legend Menu Half Lives NuclideNavigator III C53 B32 Neutron Cross Sections Nuclear Processes Stable o o Artificially Radioactive Naturally Radioactive l Stable Nuclide Symbol Mass Spin and Parity Number Half Life EEUU em Fission Product Stable Nuclide with an Isomeric State Spin and Parity of Spin and Parity of Metastable State Ground State Half Life Half Life Thermal Resonance cross sections Barns Beta Disintegration Energy MeV Fig 5 Legend Menu Artificially Radioactive Stable Artificially Radioactive Naturally Radioactive Fission Yields Binding Energy 1 Binding Energy 2 Harles en Less Than10 Barns Colors used to indicate Cross Sections are always shown in the lower half of the Nuclide Box 10 to 100 Barns 100 to 500 Barns 500 to 1000 Barns Greater than 1000 Barns Fig 6 Legend Menu Neutron Cross Sections 2 NUCLIDE INFORMATION Fission Yields Binding Energy 1 Binding Energy 2 Neutron Cross Sections Nuclear Processes Artificially Radioactive Naturally Radioactive Naturally Occurring Radioactive Nuclide Symbol Mass TSA 38 Spin a
10. 8 4 Library Manager The Thin Window Option Fig 100 shows only the nuclide list while the Thick Window shows the nuclide and emissions 74 6 MENU COMMANDS table The Source and Target Dialogs can be linked together so O Vew Pim E Dep em you can more easily move them Segr Chart View Library Manager around the screen Options View Nuclide Automatically displays the nuclide information including half life branching ratio and selected emissions Additional X Lx Souco and Targol Winden information such as parents daughters references and associated gammas is displayed when viewing the Master Library X Source Thin Window View Target Thin Window View Fig 100 Library Manager View Edit Nuclide Allows you to edit the nuclides properties such as half life nuclide type and uncertainty Several nuclide flags can also be edited The Master Libraries cannot be edited Copy Nuclide to Target Library Automatically copies the nuclide and its emissions to the selected Target Library If no Target Library is selected a dialog opens so you can select one 75 NuclideNavigator III C53 B32 76 APPENDIX A INSTALLATION A 1 Software Installation Start Windows 95 98 NT Put the NuclideNavigator III disk in the CD ROM drive then click on Start and Run In the Run dialog enter D SETUP EXE use your CD ROM drive designator and click on OK Installation will proceed automati
11. Halflife 4 96E 00 y Uncertainty 0 10 Flags Energy keV Branch Ratio g d Flags 86 45 3 274E 01 NULL 105 31 2 180E 01 NULL 45 30 1 355E 02 NULL 60 01 1 211E 02 NULL Fig 29 Example 4 29 NuclideNavigator III C53 B32 4 5 Example In this example we will build a GammaVision library containing three nuclides to illustrate how to enter the library management view open a new Target Library add delete nuclides add delete gamma rays and save the library Switch to the Library Management View Do this by clicking on the Library Manager button see Fig 1 on the Segr Chart s toolbar Open NuclideNavigator s Master Library as the Source Library if it is not already open Choose Open from the Source Library window s File menu then select the name of the Master Library from the file list Create a new NuclideNavigator Target Library Choose Open from the Target Library window s File menu The dialog box is shown in Fig 30 Type ORTEC1 MDB in the File Name text box then click on the Open button Select Target Library Cancel for none Look in 3 Gamlib v EE ortec1 mdb File name otteci mdb Files of type Access Format Cancel Fig 30 Select Target Library 30 4 LIBRARY MANAGEMENT After you click on the button a blank Target Library window will be displayed on the screen The source and target windows should look similar to those in Fig 31 Source Libr
12. Ins Edit Nuclide Delete Nuclide Add Gamma Ray Shift Ins Edit Gamma Ray Delete Gamma Rays Shift Del ReSort Gammas by Fig 92 Library Manager Edit Menu Target Window 69 NuclideNavigator III C53 B32 weight must be greater than 1 and the metastable states are designated by M N A B or C If the atomic weight is an unexpected value a dialog will ask for verification before the nuclide is accepted After the nuclide has been properly entered and accepted the nuclide properties dialog Fig 94 opens The Half life can be any z positive non zero number select the units from the drop down list The Nuclide Type is a number from 0 to 3200 The Uncertainty represents the composite uncertainty in the values entered for this nuclide It is the 2 o 95 value All of these entries including the nuclide Flags are saved in the library to be used by other programs The Parents and Daughters fields must have valid isotope names The field Br i where i is 1 2 or 3 is the branching ratio to the daughter D i Enter Nuclide Symbol Cancel Fig 93 Add Nuclide K 40 Parents wewewe P 2 woman zl Daught Nuclide Flags y duel Thermal Neutron Activation Product T Br 1 Text Fast Neutron Activation Product F Fission Product 1 D 2 Naturally Occurring Isotope N Br 2 Text Photon Reaction Product LET Ch
13. Iron Fluorine Fermium Francium Gallium Gadolinium Germanium Hydrogen Helium Hafnium Mercury Holmium lodine Indium Iridium Potassium Krypton Lanthanum Lithium Lutetium Lawrencium Mendelevium Magnesium Manganese Molybdenum Nitrogen Sodium Niobium Neodymium Neon Nickel Nobelium Neptunium Oxygen Osmium Phosphorus Protactinium Lead Palladium Promethium Polonium Praseodymium Platinum Plutonium Radium Rubidium Rhenium Rhodium Radon Ruthenium Sulfur Antimony Scandium Selenium Silicon Samarium Tin Strontium Tantalum Terbium Technetium Tellurium Thorium Titanium Thallium Thulium Uranium Vanadium Tungsten Xenon Yttrium Ytterbium Zinc Zirconium
14. Method menu option Not available when the Source Library is the Master Library This function is duplicated by lt Ctrl P gt 6 1 1 6 Library Information Source Print Setup m Printer Name HP DeskJet 550C Printer Status Default printer Ready Type HP DeskJet 550C Printer Where LPT1 Comment Properties Paper Size Letter M Source In Tray m Orientation AL C Portrait Landscape Fig 44 Printer Options Cancel Fig 45 Print Submenu Chart Section Library Data Ctrl P Shows the date the library was created and last edited It also shows the source of the information and how much is stored in the library These fields are not in older libraries so they cannot be displayed 6 1 1 7 Select Target Library Selects a Microsoft Access or GammaVision library as the Target Library This function is duplicated by lt Ctrl T gt 42 6 MENU COMMANDS 6 1 1 8 Recent Targets gt Shows a list of the five most recently used target libraries Select an entry to load that library 6 1 1 9 Save Target As Saves the Target Library in either Microsoft Access or GammaVision format 6 1 1 10 Close Closes unselects the Target Library If changes have been made to a GammaVision format library a dialog opens so you can save the changes 6 1 1 11 Print Prints all of the nuclides gamma rays located in the Targe
15. WS os e oL usu doe M EBEN ee fee ersehen 2 1 5 HardWare Suet as reiche iet A breit en but dos 2 SINUGPIDB INFORMATION se rona OC mctu oon o oH AE 3 Dales Ere Chart View ae E BE EEE uen e E roe p D ad E 3 2 2 N uelide Mor Mato Sereen corte oerte e t but bie eine aie imc abe sta 9 22 Ede tos ads ida dida 10 2 2 2 DIOS esr E STR INE RA ST RENE NONE CO 11 2 2 9 Specific ACUVIDY a NU PEE 11 A AA eo e ete ES Eo eo ae esp seeing een Ms 13 3 1 Unknown Gamma Ray Identification 0 ccc nooo 13 S TL Energy and Ran E ua eyes en EHI ERLEBT ues 14 3 22 Hall Die Ranes ren ab irre er 14 3 1 3 Match Associated Lines vers erde 15 3 1 4 Method of Nuclide Generation 0 0 eee eee 15 3 2 Search Results zus ni Tete Be Ee Rhee A eR 15 LIBRARY MANAGEMENT Ni DAA IIA 19 4 1 Library Manager News etse oe ee Peg emt e eu omo Oo uem E ER e 19 2 2 DEA Creation STE TA OS wd quie v dades 21 2 3 Library Modilicauon oae eee eee ante rear pl Rem erben 22 4 3 1 Adding a Nuclide dua luos dis tias osa 23 2 32 Deleuns a Nuclde rei a bus Ce GR Seen eee a a CU 24 4 3 3 Editing Nuchde Properties zur star de 24 43 4 Addme EMISSIONS an un sn een rei ee Eee 24 4 3 5 Deleting Gamma Rays nes seen 25 4 3 6 Modifying Gamma Ray Information 0 0000 ce eee eee 25 4 3 1 Reordering Gamma Rays ran sarah EA Ban een eee 25 2 2 Library IR PORNO e e vos el das a ee S ada Be re a wate wes 25 25 A ne ES Hare RED ILE Se
16. duplicated by the Zoom In and Zoom Out buttons on the tool bar shown in Fig 52 ox af 6 1 3 2 Search Library for gt Fig 52 Zoom Opens the menu shown in Fig 53 to select search for gammas or alphas Buttons Garnmas Alphas Fig 53 Search Library Selecting Gammas opens the dialog in Fig 54 47 NuclideNavigator III C53 B32 Search for Gammas by Energy and Selected Options x Search for Generator Search Options Energy keV Window keV X Thermal Neutron ctivation T 139 7 x Fast Neutron Activation F X Match Associated Lines Fission Product I First P b Naturally Occurring Isotope N Second P Es Pe jJ Photon Reaction P X Halflife Search Options X Charged Particle Reaction C Minimum po s Fig 54 Search for Gammas by Energy Selecting Alphas opens the dialog shown in Fig 55 Note the defaults are greater for alphas This allows you to search in the Source Library for gamma or alpha rays in a specific energy window as well as specify a half life range and generator flags Search for Alphas by Energy and Selected Options x Search for Generator Search Options Energy keV Window 7 keV Thermal Neutron Activation T 4976 X Fast Neutron Activation F X Match Associated Lines Fission Product I First bp b X Naturally Occurring Isotope N Second po n
17. functions can also be accomplished from within the Segr Chart View For example a new Target Library can be created and nuclide information copied into the target from within the Segr Chart View A complete set of library management tools are contained in the Library Manager View of NuclideNavigator This chapter will focus on how to manage a library from within the Library Manager Those tasks that can also be completed in the Segr Chart View are indicated 4 1 Library Manager View To enter the Library Manager View from the Segr Chart View select Library Manager View from the Tools menu Alternately you can click on the Library Manager toolbar button Fig 20 Examples of the Library Manager View are shown in Fig 21 and Fig 22 To exit the Library Manager View select the Segre Chart View menu item from the Options menu found in the Source Library Window Fig 20 Library Manager Toolbar Button 19 NuclideNavigator III C53 B32 Source Library pc_nudat mdb Fig 21 Source Library Window Target Library c program filesinuclide navigatoriortec1 m EQ Fig 22 Target Library Window 20 4 LIBRARY MANAGEMENT In the Library Manager View there are two windows one for the Source Library and one for the Target Library The Options menu of both the source and target windows contains two settings that affect these windows Thin Window View is useful to display a list of the nuclides in the libr
18. information first then the emission information or 2 a nuclide followed by its emission information and then the next nuclide and its emission information and so on The second setting selects the emission lists to be printed either sorted by energy or branching ratios These are set by the Options View Print menu Selecting View Print will open the next menu The current report settings of NuclideNavigator are shown with check marks To change the options select the desired option in the menu 25 NuclideNavigator III C53 B32 Figs 26 27 28 and 29 illustrate the four types of report formats that can be generated and what settings were used to create these formats Library SRM4275 MDB has 3 nuclides and 24 gamma rays Isotope Halflife Uncertainty Flags Sb 125 2 77E 00 y 0 10 NULL Eu 154 8 50E 00 y 0 10 NULL Eu 155 4 96E 00 y 0 10 NULL Energy keV Branch Ratio g d Isotope Flags 123 10 046E 01 Eu 154 1274 80 550E 01 Eu 154 86 45 274E 01 Eu 155 427 95 960E 01 Sb 125 105 31 180E 01 Eu 155 723 30 970E 01 Eu 154 600 77 840E 01 Sb 125 1004 80 760E 01 Eu 154 873 20 130E 01 Eu 154 636 15 120E 01 Sb 125 996 30 070E 01 Eu 154 463 51 000E 01 Sb 125 248 04 600E 02 Eu 154 176 29 300E 02 Sb 125 35 46 800E 02 Sb 125 606 82 200E 02 Sb 125 591 70 600E 02 Eu 154 756 70 LOOE 02 Eu 154 671 66 800E 02 Sb 125 1597 30 700E 02 Eu 154 692 50 650E 02 154 380 51 400E 02 125 45 30
19. the daughter nuclides and the gamma and alpha rays for these nuclides To display information about a nuclide in either the Source or Target Library select that nuclide by clicking on it in the nuclide list box on the left side of the screen When the nuclide is selected its nuclide information and a list of its gamma rays are displayed to the right of the nuclide list box In thin window mode this information is not displayed The File Nuclide Information menu item will display a text window listing information about the nuclide and its gamma rays To add nuclides to a Target Library select a nuclide from the Source Library and drag it over to the Target Library s nuclide list box Once the mouse is over the Target Library s nuclide list box the list box will be highlighted and you can drop the nuclide in In the Segr Chart View use the Copy Nuclide to Target Library command on the Pop Up menu to add a nuclide to the Target Library 4 3 Library Modification After transfer of the nuclides from the Source Library to the Target Library the contents of the Target Library can be modified NuclideNavigator allows you to add delete or modify nuclide and 22 4 LIBRARY MANAGEMENT gamma alpha and beta ray information NuclideNavigator s own Master Libraries cannot be modified but you can modify user generated Source Libraries as well as any Target Library 4 3 1 Adding a Nuclide Choose the Edit Add Nuclide menu option on
20. the menu of the target window When you select this command a dialog opens allowing you to enter the nuclide symbol Invalid nuclide symbols e g Cp instead of Co are rejected and the valid nuclide symbols can be re entered Likewise if the atomic weight for a nuclide does not match its atomic number you must confirm the entry to verify that the weight is correct Thus NuclideNavigator will try to ensure that only a valid nuclide symbol is entered however you can enter other values like K After you have entered a nuclide symbol NuclideNavigator will present a blank nuclide properties form Fig 24 for you to complete This form contains input boxes for the nuclide s half life type and uncertainty value as well as check boxes for various nuclide flags You must specify a valid half life before NuclideNavigator will accept the data entered on this screen Nuclear Properties x K 40 Parents Half Life Nuclide Type NEED P 2 Texti P 3 Texti Uncertainty Daughters Nuclide Flags Thermal Neutron Activation Product T R Br 1 Text Fast Neutron Activation Product F Fission Product 1 D 2 Naturally Occurring Isotope N Br 2 Text Photon Reaction Product P Charged Particle Reaction Product C D 3 Br 3 No MDA Calculation M Text Cancel Fig 24 Blank Nuclide Information Entry Form 23 NuclideNavigator III C53 B32
21. 000 a Tr o 0 57 s Evaluator M M King 6 2 5 Help 6 2 5 1 Contents This displays the contents of the online help file 6 2 5 2 Search for Help On A 60 NDS 69 1 1993 o 1 5x106y 60 26 Fe B Q 237 AS P 0 24 2t 0 5859 B 40 467 m s A 5 2714 y 60 a 27C0 8 Q 2823 9 SON 28Ni Sn 100610 2 287m 6 Ec cu 0 06126 9 Sp ot Qeo 21400 Q 3300 Sn 13050 Sp ot Sp 30 Qgc 12200 15000 5B 29 60 316a Qz 14190 5121 2 38 m Ec S0Zn Qgc1158 This displays a dialog for searching the help database for information on a specific subject 6 2 5 3 About This displays the About screen as shown in Fig 73 6 2 6 File Target Window The Target File menu is shown in Fig 90 The Master Library cannot be the Target Library 6 2 6 1 Open Target Library Opens a Microsoft Access or GammaVision library for editing This function is duplicated by lt Ctrl O gt 68 Eile Open Target Library Ctrl T Recent Targets Save Target s gt Page Setup Print Ctrl P Library Information fiore ETT GEI Close Target Window Fig 90 Library Manager File Menu Target Window 6 2 6 2 Recent Targets gt 6 MENU COMMANDS Shows a list of the five most recently used target libraries Select an entry to load that library 6 2 6 3 Save Target As Saves the library in either Microsoft Access or GammaV
22. 1o pa 14 33 47 63 70 75 VBDB300 DLL lt oso ea 78 VBRUNSOO DEE urn ar a 77 View Print Nr rn 43 59 72 Aelio dps t UI S NR Ead 1 25 ZooM RAS A A 47 INDEX 83 Actinium Aluminum Americium Antimony Argon Arsenic Astatine Barium Berkelium Beryllium Bismuth Boron Bromine Cadmium Calcium Californium Carbon Cerium Cesium Chlorine Chromium Cobalt Copper Curium Dysprosium Einsteinium Erbium Europium Fermium Fluorine Francium Gadolinium Gallium Germanium Gold Hafnium Helium Holmium Hydrogen Indium lodine Iridium Iron Krypton Lanthanum Lawrencium Lead Lithium Lutetium Magnesium Manganese Mendelevium Chemical Names and Symbols Sorted by Name Sorted by Symbol Mercury Molybdenum Neodymium Neon Neptunium Nickel Niobium Nitrogen Nobelium Osmium Oxygen Palladium Phosphorus Platinum Plutonium Polonium Potassium Praseodymium Promethium Protactinium Radium Radon Rhenium Rhodium Rubidium Ruthenium Samarium Scandium Selenium Silicon Silver Sodium Strontium Sulfur Tantalum Technetium Tellurium Terbium Thallium Thorium Thulium Tin Titanium Tungsten Uranium Vanadium Xenon Ytterbium Yttrium Zinc Zirconium Actinium Silver Aluminum Americium Argon Arsenic Astatine Gold Boron Barium Beryllium Bismuth Berkelium Bromine Carbon Calcium Cadmium Cerium Californium Chlorine Curium Cobalt Chromium Cesium Copper Dysprosium Erbium Einsteinium Europium
23. 25E 16 Isotope 208 810E 06 Fig 15 Specific Activity for the Selected Element 12 3 SEARCHING To help identify the nuclide producing a gamma ray or alpha ray by energy the library search can quickly display all the gammas or alphas and nuclides meeting the search In addition the half life and the branching ratios of the selected energy along with the energies and branching ratios of two associated emissions are shown The report can be printed or saved to disk The search option is available only for the Source Library but any library can be selected to be the source 3 1 Unknown Gamma Ray Identification To specify the constraints used in the search click on the Library Search toolbar button Fig 16 to display the gamma ray search dialog box Fig 17 To select an alpha ray search click on the Search for menu item The drop down menu will show a check in front of Gamma Selecting Alpha will show Fig 18 to specify the search for alpha rays Fig 16 Library There are four limits that can be specified when trying to identify an Search Toolbar unknown energy and range half life range method of nuclide generation Button and associated lines Search for Gammas by Energy and Selected Options x Search for Generator Search Options Energy keV Window 4 keV X Thermal Neutron Activation T X Fast Neutron Activation F a X Fission Product n First p X N
24. 3 6 2 8 3 Segr C halle a Aaa 74 Pop Up VISTE a Me EOD ER REDEEM 74 6 2 8 4 Library Manager oy eas sev t E d s eremo 6s 74 View NUCIHOO Sn actuar ee ee VORNE eif uoi 75 Edit Nuclide ope ua a TENE VEN TERMES 75 Copy Nuclide to Target Library 222222220 75 APPENDIX A INSTALLATION 4220 20 ees a rss es 77 A1 Software Installati n isis ee 2 sa ts Ba adds 71 Ale Prostrani Components are er ee ee E THEE VES T1 Pods Other Required Fle Ss 5 oe deb es ae sd rasa 71 APPENDIX B FILEFORMAT usted este ves oL RE are 79 INDEX ernennen Brennen 81 vi NOTE We assume that you are thoroughly familiar with Microsoft Windows 95 98 NT usage and terminology If you are not fully acquainted with the Windows environment including the use of the mouse we strongly urge you to read the Microsoft documentation supplied with your Windows software and familiarize yourself with a few simple applications before proceeding The convention used in this manual to represent actual keys pressed is to enclose the key label within angle brackets for example F1 For key combinations the key labels are joined by a within the angle brackets for example Alt 2 gt vil INSTANT INSTALLATION Put the NuclideNavigator Ill disk in the CD ROM drive and click on Start then Run Enter D SETUP EXE in the Run dialog use the drive designator for your CD ROM drive and click on OK The remainder of the installation 1s au
25. 30 APPLICATION LIBRARIES 2 u 2 as serien 37 Il NATURAL LIB o ee res a eret be os ee Meal ti 37 O Danse 37 593 FOOD LIB Tcv 37 SAY NAC EIB IA AS E E OS DER mete O i EM 38 NuclideNavigator III C53 B32 ION DET MIR AAA A AA RE ee ee 38 OR SUSPECT LIB Aura eis Rv eM Ite a etui EURER Ne 38 3 7 CALIBRATION LIBRARIES us 42 do RE x 38 AA EIA 12 a E e acp detegit he 38 207 2 SS A rise dates daten a a a A 39 5 8 PROMPT GAMMA LIBRARY et m s e mos ene o Rm OR ER OR eR CR 39 6 MENU COMMANDS ger bon PEE enter E OPE Mirna Ew iw gba an 41 Gals Segre Chart Seren urc oiei re anreisen nese wees 41 QUEE JI m PM MT mr 41 6 1 1 1 Open Source Library 25 8420 ens de RE E E ea 41 0 1 1 2 Recent SOURCES as eR ERE ELE DERE GU RE OE DES RD 41 6 1 LS Save SOUL CO XS LA Pin Bho ou eret wes nl 42 Gele bd Page SelUD a ran dicta AOI Hera WAG dee Re en N gu dh ot 42 OS Ir MEE MOORE OTROS 42 Chart Section oes Sau Sot ben edu p uH REESE AP hes 42 labra Da oo Snow diei re Tur det doi one dete aed 42 6 1 1 6 Library Information Source 0 cee no 42 6 117 Select Target Library oi tee Satie cei ti bee Paine eee 42 0 1 ES Recent Larsels ie funk oret tee e dle i ie 43 621219 Save Target Ss 5 sees dU mca hen ace bead eddie das 43 EAn 1 E K O AE E O AAA RF t PR 43 GAs a E T na E E E A E EA 43 6 1 1 12 Library Information Target dia abe mo RR S 43 6 1 1 13 Exit NuclideNavigator an nn dd 43 0 52 OPHONS ee
26. 33 Desaster er 1 33 70 PC NUDAT MDB 1 77 79 Photon B ags us s uoo ete ker 24 34 71 Popup menu 9 21 46 62 74 Print maps PST d 42 43 58 69 Print Methods ansehen 25 progress indicator suu o Ce Ee dre 15 PROMPT y LIBRARY 39 radionuclides Mixed t 38 REDON Pr PE 13 25 Segr Chart Fle Men A era 41 Options Menu llle 43 Tools MENU a Rew eee PO med Rs 47 Segr Chart View see Se ete tea 3 condensed shared We 4 Expanded Va eue a e RR ae 4 Source Library ode acu p sre Aor omg 23 OPE ro bn tO TUE RR PORE 41 58 82 js ea a a aa 42 SAVE dae ouo ege re ee t ahd ats 42 58 Source Library window 21 SEM APIS Cod seres ae d Ad UP eg 39 SRM 4276 used vd wees is 39 SEMA2ISILIBL GS 2 qu Ad ee ARS 39 SSPORMEX VBX shan goes ERRARE Ay 78 SSIDXTAB VBX sure 78 SUSPECT LIB 454 25 5 tere etes 38 Target Library 23 30 31 47 63 75 ClOSB Lacu re Eee o e 43 69 OPEM cese diat dic a depot dre aod aves 30 DING S ui tiras aria 43 SAVES eg qwe tati RS 43 REIGCE S Sce bs dera od bx ee 42 Target Library window 21 Thin Window View o ooooo 21 THREED VBX 25 5 EXAMS ex T11 Toolbar button Decay Schemes oa se ee 55 67 Library Manager 19 30 Library Search gamma ray search 13 Zoom In Zoom Out 2 2 2222 47 Toolbox button os Seiser 48 Tools Meny dis 47 Uncertainty
27. 355E 02 155 60 01 211E 02 155 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 6 5 5 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 Fig 26 Example 1 26 4 LIBRARY MANAGEMENT Library SRM4275 MDB has 3 nuclides and 24 gamma rays Isotope Halflife Uncertainty Flags Sb 125 2 77E 00 y 0 10 NULL Eu 154 8 50E 00 y 0 10 NULL Eu 155 4 96E 00 y 0 10 NULL Energy keV Branch Ratio g d Isotope Flags 35 46 800E 02 Sb 125 45 30 355E 02 Eu 155 60 01 211E 02 Eu 155 86 45 274E 01 Eu 155 105 31 180E 01 Eu 155 123 10 046E 01 Eu 154 176 29 300E 02 Sb 125 248 04 600E 02 Eu 154 380 51 400E 02 Sb 125 427 95 960E 01 Sb 125 463 51 000E 01 Sb 125 591 70 600E 02 Eu 154 600 77 840E 01 Sb 125 606 82 200E 02 Sb 125 636 15 120E 01 Sb 125 671 66 800E 02 Sb 125 692 50 650E 02 Eu 154 723 30 970E 01 Eu 154 756 70 100E 02 Eu 154 873 20 130E 01 Eu 154 996 30 070E 01 Eu 154 1004 80 760E 01 Eu 154 1274 80 550E 01 Eu 154 1597 30 700E 02 Eu 154 5 1 1 3 2 4 6 6 1 2 1 4 1 5 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 3 1 Fig 27 Example 2 27 NuclideNavigator III C53 B32 Library SRM4275 MDB has 3 nuclides and 24 gamma rays Sb 125 Halflife 2 77E 00 y Uncertainty 0 10 Flags Energy keV Branch Ratio g d Flags 35 46 800E 02 NULL 176 29 300E 02 NULL 380 51 400E 02 NULL 427 95 960E 01 NULL 463 51 000E 01 NULL 600 77 840E 01 NULL 606 82 200E 02 NULL 636 15 120E 01 NULL 6
28. 7 Chart of the Nuclides 1 CMDIALOG VBX o o ooooo ooo TI Colorcode arman ca Dido 4 Database daa rada ls 1 9 database engine Microsoft Access o o 78 79 Microsoft Access Jet 78 DERB 314 bas 38 O seiner 24 25 44 Energy DUO as dsd 25 ENSDE zan dada arado dada 1 ENSDELIB ari a 38 Equilibre he oe weine 37 ESCAPE ioo cna p qu A O 1 EXA ace b S o EURE CR RU ed 43 58 FOOD IIB Ser 25 3 9 8209 2 33 Pup Adi a ritas 37 gamma ray addi caniae e A DROPPING 24 34 71 delete ed eae bei sia is 25 33 71 A O ES 25 71 identification 13 44 60 73 SEHEN ne Loeb ae 13 47 INDEX GammaVision library 2 19 21 25 41 79 how to build en t dot s 30 saving in GammaVision format 35 42 43 58 generations options 15 23 64 GRID VBX y dcos oC PAREN OP S V 17 Halflife mig ED 70 EA Wale xa es ud testen 2 Heli RAE Ghat e SAPE dA 57 68 Help Ecuend ra es d act beet ted a 4 IDA DBUtloli sea 25 isotopes naturally occurring 22 22 2222 4 A Boe ay canteen es 4 short lived asia 14 la 4 Jump To Nuclide o o oooooo 9 Besen men spare D Re pa es 57 library application 54 sy vier ae 19 37 calibration a ia 38 Creaton s S eos A es ees 21 Management A SS He Ha Sree 19 MOCIICION ade yy vu RE er 22 FEDON 42 oL eS ea Mew ok UR 25 EEE ek sea AREAS 35 Library Manager Edit Menu Source Window
29. 71 66 800E 02 NULL pPHPUHHNHOOU Eu 154 Halflife 8 50E 00 y Uncertainty 0 10 Flags Energy keV Branch Ratio g d Flags 123 10 046E 01 NULL 248 04 600E 02 NULL 591 70 600E 02 NULL 692 50 650E 02 NULL 723 30 970E 01 NULL 756 70 LOOE 02 NULL 873 20 130E 01 NULL 996 30 070E 01 NULL 1004 80 760E 01 NULL 1274 80 550E 01 NULL 1597 30 700E 02 NULL 4 6 4 1 1 4 1 1 1 3 1 Eu 155 Halflife 4 96E 00 y Uncertainty 0 10 Flags Energy keV Branch Ratio g d Flags 45 30 1 355E 02 NULL 60 01 1 211E 02 NULL 86 45 3 274E 01 NULL 105 31 2 180E 01 NULL Fig 28 Example 3 28 4 LIBRARY MANAGEMENT Library SRM4275 MDB has 3 nuclides and 24 gamma rays Sb 125 Halflife 2 77E 00 y Uncertainty 0 10 Flags Energy keV Branch Ratio g d Flags 427 95 960E 01 NULL 600 77 840E 01 NULL 636 15 120E 01 NULL 463 51 000E 01 NULL 176 29 300E 02 NULL 35 46 800E 02 NULL 606 82 200E 02 NULL 671 66 800E 02 NULL 380 51 400E 02 NULL PHPUUOPHHN Eu 154 Halflife 8 50E 00 y Uncertainty 0 10 Flags Energy keV Branch Ratio g d Flags 123 10 046E 01 NULL 1274 80 550E 01 NULL 723 30 970E 01 NULL 1004 80 760E 01 NULL 873 20 130E 01 NULL 996 30 070E 01 NULL 248 04 600E 02 NULL 591 70 600E 02 NULL 756 70 100E 02 NULL 1597 30 700E 02 NULL 692 50 650E 02 NULL 4 3 1 1 1 1 6 4 4 1 1 Eu 155
30. 950 5 8 PROMPT GAMMA LIBRARY Prompt gamma rays from thermal neutron capture in natural elements will be found in this library These typically high energy gamma rays are emitted coincident with the neutron capture and are not associated with the alpha and beta decay processes that are normally measured with the decay gamma rays This library is intended for analytical high resolution prompt gamma ray neutron activation analysis and other applications involving prompt gamma ray measurements Lone Leavitt and Harrison Library LLHPG LIB The prompt gamma ray master library LLHPG LIB is taken from Prompt Gamma Rays from Thermal Neutron Capture and is used with permission of the author The original data included 83 nuclides and 10200 photopeaks Gamma rays with less than 0 196 0 001 gammas per disintegration branching ratio were deleted the library file LLHPG LIB contains 83 nuclides and 8181 peaks The half life for all nuclides is set to 1 0E14 years to eliminate all decay corrections and the library uncertainties are all set to 596 39 NuclideNavigator III C53 B32 40 6 MENU COMMANDS 6 1 Segre Chart Screen EM NuclideNavigator Library pc_nudat mdb File Options Tools View Help Target Library Jump To Nuclide rag feu Jump Rf so d Fig 42 Segr Chart Condensed View 6 1 1 File The F
31. B Food Library This library is created from a list of isotopes taken directly from the 1989 IAEA technical report series 295 Measurements of Radionuclides in Food and the Environment A Guidebook 37 NuclideNavigator III C53 B32 5 4 NAC LIB Neutron Activation Library This library is suitable for neutron activation analysis where the decay gamma rays are being measured Only nuclides with a half life greater than 10 hours are included in this library You can copy this library and then delete additional shorter lived nuclides to create a library better suited for measurement of long lived nuclides If very short lived activity is to be measured you may wish to build a library of short lived radionuclides using the PC NUDAT MDB Master Library Nuclides that are produced by nuclear reactions other than single n y reactions have been renamed with the product nuclide names For example Co is used to measure Ni and is named Co 5 5 DET LIB Detector Library This library contains radionuclides found in the ambient environment of most laboratories It is useful in the creation of the PBC correction file By analyzing a background spectrum against this library and a specific efficiency calibration the PBC values can be determined 5 6 SUSPECT LIB Suspected Nuclide Library From this library a suspected nuclide or MAESTRO library can be created which contains up to five significant peaks for each nuclide in ENSDF LIB Except
32. Library This is only asked if the View Print Radiation mode is alphas Copy if Zero Branching Ratio Some entries in the master databases have zero for the branching ratio usually because the actual value is not known Unmarking this option will remove these from the copy function so that they will not be used by an analysis program Copy Escape Peaks The escape peak intensity relative to other gamma rays is not constant Thus these lines should not be used in activity calculations For this reason they can be eliminated from the target copy Copy Daughter Nuclides When marked this will copy all daughters of the selected nuclide to the target The daughters are also checked for No Gammas or No Alphas 6 1 2 3 Library Manager The Thin Window Option Fig 49 shows only the nuclide list while the Thick or normal Window shows the nuclide and emissions table Link Source and Target Window joins the two windows so you can more easily click and drag them around the screen 45 NuclideNavigator III C53 B32 fi Preferences x Segre Chart View Copy Report Options X Source Thin Window View Target Thin Window View X Link Source and Target Window Fig 49 Library Manager 6 1 2 4 Segr Chart The Segr Chart View dialog Fig 50 selects the action to be taken when a nuclide is double clicked in the Segr Chart View IV x Copy Report Library Manager Popup Menu
33. NuclideNavigator III Interactive Gamma Ray Reference and Library Program for Microsoft Windows 95 98 NT C53 B32 Software User s Manual Software Version 3 4 Printed in U S A ORTEC Part No 783520 0801 Manual Revision C PERKINELMER INSTRUMENTS DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE NOT EXPRESSLY SET FORTH HEREIN IN NO EVENT WILL PERKINELMER INSTRUMENTS BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT INCIDENTAL SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING LOST PROFITS OR LOST SAVINGS EVEN IF PERKINELMER INSTRUMENTS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THESE DATA NuclideNavigator was developed for ORTEC by Battelle Memorial Institute Master Library used with permission of Drs Gerhard Erdtmann and Werner Soyka Kernforschungszentrum J lich GmbH Zentralabteilung f r Chemische Analysen Postfach 1913 D 5170 J lich Verlag Chemie Postfach 1260 1280 D 6940 Weinheim Copyright 1994 1998 Battelle Memorial Institute All Rights Reserved Copyright 2000 PerkinElmer Instruments All trademarks used herein are the property of their respective owners TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION aget ya RE WER PRAE ye QE E 1 1 1 Viewing Nuclide Information a ee on wee 1 ABEE oE ADTA A irae E E E OE E E 1 3 Library Management ds estote Tess Das Eod ts is e ate 2 LA Other NIC
34. S from microcuries to becquerels Invert Conversion shows the Action conversion from becquerels to microcuries The Clear Input Field erases the numeric values entered for the conversion Invert Conversion Ctrl l Clear Input Field Ctrl F Clear Conversion Memory Locate Unit Etrl U Locate Category Preferences Normally the current conversion is saved on exit and restored when the program is restarted Select Clear Conversion Memory to erase this memory so the program goes to the internal selections Exit Fig 59 Action Menu Locate Unit Fig 60 finds the locations on all the conversion categories for the selected unit Complete unit names can be searched or just some of the characters The search can be restricted to unit names which begin with the characters entered or to names with the characters located anywhere in the name When the Possible Matches are displayed select Go to go to that category Locate Unit Ed one of them and click on Type All or Part of a Unit Name Search Style Search Entire Name C Search Start of Name Only Possible Matches abcoulomb abfarad abmho acre acre foot acre foot day acre footihour acre foot year 612 units from 33 categories are displayed 7 Help X Cancel Fig 60 Find a Type of Unit Locate Category Fig 61 can be used to quickly find the category desired You can search co
35. Stabe Artificially Radioactive Naturally Radioactive Fission Yields Binding Energy 1 Binding Energy 2 Average Binding Energy per Nucleon MeV 9 0 1 8 8 8 6 84 82 8 0 78 76 T T T T T T 1 0 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 A Fig 11 Legend Menu Average Binding Energy 2 There are three ways of navigating in the Segr Chart View The horizontal and vertical scroll bars The diagonal arrow buttons in the upper right corner e The Jump To Nuclide option The best way to scroll through the chart is using the diagonal arrow buttons because diagonal scrolling will always keep some of NuclideNavigator s isotopes in the display area because it moves along the line of stability The Jump To Nuclide option is used to quickly go to a particular nuclide on the chart To use this option click in the white box to the left of the Jump button Then type in the isotopic name of the isotope e g Co60 Then click on the Jump button and NuclideNavigator will find that isotope and redraw the Segr Chart View with the chosen nuclide in the lower left corner 2 2 Nuclide Information Screen The databases provided with NuclideNavigator contain more View Nuclide information about the nuclides than is presented in either of the Edit Nuclide two Segr Chart Views This information can be accessed by A Lo Large oen double clicking the left button or single click the right button Bea on a nuclide in
36. View Print Radiation mode is alphas 73 NuclideNavigator III C53 B32 Copy if Zero Branching Ratio Some entries in the master databases have zero for the branching ratio usually because the actual valve is not known Unmarking this option removes these from the copy function so that they will not be used by an analysis program Copy Escape Peaks The escape peak intensity relative to other gamma rays for the same nuclide is not constant Thus these lines should not be used in activity calculations For this reason they can be eliminated from the target copy Copy Daughter Nuclides When marked this option copies all daughters of the selected nuclide to the target The daughters are also checked for No Gammas or No Alphas 6 2 8 3 Segr Chart The Segr Chart View Fig 99 selects the action to be taken Copy Repat when a nuclide is double clicked re in the Segr Chart View Popup Menu 8 Inquire p Inquire Pop Up Menu O Show Ground State C View Nuclide Inquire O Show m Metastable O Edit Nuclide O Show n Metastable O Copy Nuclide to Target This prompts for one of the Shoes Masche following actions View Nuclide C vi Delimiter x a O Show b Metastable Edit Nuclide or Copy Nuclide Comma O Show c Metastable to Target whenever you double click on a nuclide in the Segre Chart View C Semicolon Fig 99 Segr Chart View 6 2
37. Vision format To save the library in GammaVision format choose File Save As GammaVision from the Target Library menu This will open the dialog shown in Fig 40 Enter the name for the library and click on Save Since GammaVision libraries can allocate more space than is needed for the actual nuclide and gamma ray information in the library the actual allocation values can be specified Since some gamma rays were deleted in our example the actual gamma ray count for the example library is eight The allocation prompt form is shown in Fig 41 After entering the values desired or accepting the default values press the OK button to continue Save As a GammaVision file ac Aedes Save in File name ortec1 lib Cancel Save as type BEES MEE m Fig 40 Save A Library Saving ortec1_lib 3 nuclides will be saved Space to allocate E 13 qamma rays will be saved Space to allocate Cancel Fig 41 Allocation Prompt Form 35 NuclideNavigator III C53 B32 36 5 APPLICATION LIBRARIES Several application libraries are supplied for convenience The nuclides chosen come from various sources including IAEA NCRP ICRP the USNRC and other laboratories These application libraries are intended as starting points for the building of individual analysis libraries for these applications Use these libraries as is or modify them to meet individual requirements These libraries are sub
38. amma mns here ray Click on Yes to delete BIE Now select Co and delete all but Energy Branch taza idx 4 470577 000EZ02 817 1 960E 02 194 3 5005 02 two of its gamma rays Adding a nuclide manually 400 1 320E 02 To add a nuclide choose Edit Add SELL SOBELUL IE 8 510E 01 Nuclide from the target window s menu to open the dialog for entering a nuclide symbol and atomic number see Fig 37 Assume that Cs has been discovered and it is to be added Fig 36 Deletion of Gamma Ray to the Target Library Enter Cs and click on the Accept button The blank nuclide properties form will be displayed as shown in Fig 24 page 23 Enter the following information 0 123 seconds for n Nuclide Symbol the half life 0 for the nuclide type and 0 123 for the nuclide uncertainty In addition to these text fields you can set several flags cnc for the nuclide by marking the check boxes shown Check the fast Fig 37 Add Nuclide neutron activation box Now click on the Accept button 33 NuclideNavigator III C53 B32 Adding a gamma ray manually 34 At this point Cs has no gamma rays so the next step is to add its gamma rays Make sure that Cs is selected and then choose Edit Add Gamma Ray from the Target Library window s menu The blank Add New Gamma Ray form will then be displayed Cs has two gamma rays one at 1234 keV and the other at 2345
39. ar List Box Deleting a nuclide from the Target Library Suppose that we added Cs to the library in error so it must be deleted To delete Cs click on it in the Target Library window as illustrated in Fig 34 Target Library c gamlib ortec1 mdb File Edit Options Nuclides Cs 138 Half Life 33 410 Mins Nuclide Type 0 Uncertainty 0 1 Gamma Rays 490E 02 Fa lese 9 408 980 4 660E 02 8 462 796 3 070E 01 2 547 001 1 076E 01 5 871 800 5 110E 02 7 1009 780 2 980E 01 3 Fig 34 Target Library Window 32 4 LIBRARY MANAGEMENT Now select Edit Delete Nuclide from the NuclideNavigator menu bar The dialog shown in Fig 35 will a ask you to confirm the deletion of Cs 2 Delete this nuclide and all its data from the Target Library Click on Yes Deleting gamma rays To delete a gamma ray first select the nuclide then select the gamma ray to be deleted Click on Cs This will display all of the Cs gamma rays Next click on the 37 60 keV gamma ray shown in the gamma ray list box as shown in Fig 36 Fig 35 Confirm Deletion of Nuclide gt Target Library c gamlib ortec1 mdb File Edi Options Nucides Cs 137 Half Life 30 070 Years Now select Edit Delete Gamma 2 Nuclide T 0 Rays from the Target Library menu ENTE bar This opens the dialog to confirm Uncertainty 0 1 the deletion of the 37 60 keV g
40. arged Particle Reaction Product C D 3 Br 3 No MDA Calculation M i Text Fig 94 Nuclide Properties Dialog 6 2 7 2 Edit Nuclide Edits a nuclide in the library The Edit Nuclide dialog is the same as the Add Nuclide dialog except the current nuclide values are used for all entries 70 6 MENU COMMANDS 6 2 7 3 Delete Nuclide Removes the currently selected nuclide and its gamma rays from the library A dialog opens to verify the deletion 6 2 7 4 Add Gamma Ray Adds a gamma ray to the currently selected nuclide This function is Edi duplicated by lt Shift Ins gt The dialog Nuclide Photon Flags keV 0 lt Br lt 1 Gamma Ray G The Energy of the gamma ray must be 8 E X Ray a 3511 positive and non zero The branching ratio O Single Escape S Branch must be positive and non zero lt lt Previous Next gt gt C Double Escape D The value is absolute not percent and MA ik values greater than 1 00 are questioned for pue lo iio AT validity However values greater than 1 can be accepted since there are some branching ratios greater than 1 The Photon Flags are saved in the library for use by other programs 1s shown in Fig 05 Energy Branch Fig 95 Add Gamma Ray 6 2 7 5 Edit Gamma Ray Edits the selected gamma ray The dialog is the same as the Add Gamma Ray dialog except the values of the selected gamma ray are di
41. ary or to conserve screen space The Source Library window is the same as the Target Library window except that the Target Library window has Type and Uncertainty shown You can link the source and target windows by checking the Link Source amp Target menu item When the windows are linked both windows will move together when you drag either window around the screen see Fig 23 The wide view can show gammas alphas or betas as selected in the options HET xii Target Library c program files nuclide navigatoriortec1 m Ed File Edit Options Tools Eile Edit Options Help Nuclides rU 235 Nuclides Select Half Life 7 038E 08 Years U 238 m ee Uncertainty 0 1 Gamma Rays EE Gic 6 Ze jc 2 1 ie Sto Bo Fig 23 Link Source and Target 4 2 Library Creation To create a new library in the Segr Chart View select File Open Target Library After this library has been created in either Access or GammaVision format you can transfer nuclides gamma rays alphas and betas into it from either the Segr Pop Up menu or by selecting Library Manager View You can select either an existing library or a new library for the Target Library For existing libraries the current contents are displayed If you select Library Manager without a target a dialog opens so you can enter a Target Library name To change libraries use the File Open command on t
42. ary Inc E3 Target Library c gamlib ortec1 mdb File Edit Options Tools Eile Edit Options Help Nuclides Nuclide Half Life Nuclide Type l Nuclides Uncertainty Gamma Rays Fig 31 Create Target Library Window Add nuclides to the Target Library To add Co to the Target Library scroll down through the Master Source Library pc ES Library to show the Co region from the Source Library nuclide list box az see Fig 32 or enter Co60 in the Go box and click on Go Put the u mouse pointer on Co then press and hold the left mouse button The pointer will change from an arrow to a sheet of paper Without releasing the mouse button drag Co from the Source Library list box to the Target Library nuclide list box When the cursor is over the target s nuclide list box the list box will be highlighted see Fig 33 Now release the mouse button the pointer will return to an arrow shape Nuclides Selen Fig 32 Source Library Nuclide List Box 31 NuclideNavigator III C53 B32 Follow the same procedure to add Cs Next Target Library c g add Cs File Edit Options Tools File Edit Options Heb Nuclides NuclideNavigator will display warning r Nuclides messages if the selected nuclides do not have Select any gamma X or alpha rays Fig 33 Target Library Nucle
43. aster Converter Action Edit Customize Reference Help Radiation Activity a RQ R becquerel curie disintegrations minute disintegrations second gigabecquerel kilobecquerel kilocurie megabecquerel microcurie millibecquerel millicurie picocurie terabecquerel TA X Ha BA MES Pile ES becquerel curie disintegrations minute disintegrations second gigabecquerel kilocurie megabecquerel microcurie millibecquerel millicurie nanocurie picocurie terabecquerel Radiation Activity ARadiation Exposure Temperature Interval Fig 87 Units Conversion 6 2 4 5 Decay Schemes This command allows you to display the nuclide decay schemes using the Adobe Acrobat Reader supplied with NuclideNavigator III All of the available 277 schemes can be viewed This command is duplicated by the FO Decay Scheme toolbar button Fig 88 Fig 88 Figure 89 shows an example of the decay schemes To select the atomic number Decay to be displayed use the right hand slider The display will show the page number Scheme which is the atomic number Button 67 NuclideNavigator III C53 B32 60000 56000 52000 48000 44000 40000 36000 32000 28000 24000 20000 16000 12000 10000 8000 6000 5000 4000 3000 2000 1000 500 100 Fig 89 Example Decay Scheme Sp 18800 Sn 4600 o 607 2211 Sn 8200 PURO QUE Sp 16200 Q 10400 a 200ms 7 777 60y 4 23 p Sn 7
44. aturally Occurring Isotope N Second Po ti IX Photon Reaction P X Halflife Search Options p ei X Charged Particle Reaction C Minimum Fig 17 Search Dialog Box NM zum ze ES 13 NuclideNavigator III C53 B32 Search for Alphas by Energy and Selected Options x Search for Generator Search Options Energy keV Window 2 keV X Thermal Neutron Activation T X Fast Neutron Activation F I Wasch Anco Lines X Fission Product 1 First a b X Naturally Occurring Isotope N Ber NN 15 fo jJ deo PJ x Halflife Search Options X Charged Particle Reaction C Minimum p fs Maximum p s r ome z Fig 18 Search for Alpha Rays 3 1 1 Energy and Range The energy range limit is specified using the Energy keV and Window keV entries of the Search Dialog Box These entries are in the upper right corner of the Search Dialog Box Fig 17 The Energy keV entry specifies the selected energy The Window keV entry is used to specify the estimated range in the known gamma ray or alpha ray energy Thus to find a gamma ray that appears at 1331 keV in a given spectrum where energy calibration is uncertain by 0 2 keV the values for the Energy keV and Window keV entries would be 1331 keV and 0 2 keV respectively The defaults for alpha are larger than for gamma 3 1 2 Half Life Range The half life limits a
45. cally from here just answer the installation wizard questions and be sure to restart the PC to complete installation To start NuclideNavigator go to the Windows Taskbar and click on Start Programs Nuclide Navigator A 2 Program Components NN33 EXE Main application program MASTER MDB Master Library based on Erdtmann and Soyka PC NUDAT MDB Master Library based on PC NUDAT TORI MDB Master Library based on LLBL data CONVERT EXE Units Conversion program PERIODIC EXE Periodic table display program The convert program and the periodic table program can be changed to other programs The name of the program is in the NN33 INI file in the NWINDOWS directory A 3 Other Required Files The following files are installed into your WINDOWS SYSTEM directory and are required to run the NuclideNavigator software VBRUN300 DLL Microsoft Visual Basic runtime library GRID VBX Custom control providing grid functionality THREED VBX Custom control providing 3D controls CMDIALOG VBX Custom control enabling the use of Windows common dialogs TI NuclideNavigator III C53 B32 SSFORMFX VBX SSIDXTAB VBX MSAJT200 DLL VBDB300 DLL MSAJT112 DLL NN33 INI 78 Custom control that enhances the look of NuclideNavigator s windows Custom control providing toolbar functionality Microsoft Access Jet Database Engine Allows NuclideNavigator to use the Access Database Engine Allows NuclideNavigator to use the Access Database Eng
46. ck a nuclide in the Segr Chart View 62 6 MENU COMMANDS I Preferences x Copy Report Popup Menu View Inquire Inquire O Show Ground State C View Nuclide C Show m Metastable Edit Nuclide O Show n Metastable Copy Nuclide to Target Show a Metastable Show b Metastable Show c Metastable Delimiter Comma Semicolon Fig 80 Segr Chart View Pop Up Menu Inquire This prompts for one of the following actions View Nuclide Edit Nuclide or Copy Nuclide to Target whenever you double click on a nuclide in the Segr Chart View View Nuclide This automatically displays the nuclide information including half life branching ratio and selected emissions Additional information such as parents daughters references and associated gammas is displayed when viewing the Master Library Edit Nuclide This allows you to edit the nuclides properties such as half life nuclide type and uncertainty Several nuclide flags can also be edited The Master Libraries cannot be edited Copy Nuclide to Target Library Automatically copies the nuclide and its emissions to the selected Target Library If no Target Library is selected a dialog opens so you can select one 63 NuclideNavigator III C53 B32 6 2 4 Tools Source Window The Tools menu is shown in Fig 81 6 2 4 1 Search Library for gt Opens the menu shown in Fig
47. closed using the Exit Form command 10 2 NUCLIDE INFORMATION Nuclide Information File Edit Isotopic Mass 209 984173816364 Spin and Parity 0 Decay Energy 0 064 MeV Decay Mode s B Parent Tl Parent Parent Daughter Branching Ratio 1 000E 00 Daughter Branching Ratio 1 900E 08 Nuclide Flags Thermal Fast Thermal Natural Photon Charged neutron neutron Fission Isotope Reaction Particle Generators NAT U238 Energy BRANCHING Associated Single Double Ratio 5 BrCodes Gammas keV Escape Escape 10 50 25 00000 4 25000 The nuclide Pb 210 has 2 gammalx rays 2 were listed A Absolute intensity photons per 100 decays Fig 14 Nuclide Information Displayed from the Listing Menu 2 2 2 Options The Options menu gives the choice of changing the number of gammas or alphas shown on the display The options are All Top 5 Top 10 Top 15 or Top 20 2 2 3 Specific Activity This shows the specific activity for the selected element as shown in Fig 15 The upper field shows the specific activity Ci g for the naturally occurring element shown here for lead The lower field displays the specific activity for the selected single isotope of the element shown here 11 NuclideNavigator III C53 B32 for Pb To show the single isotope value use the drop down list to select from the valid atomic _ Specific Activity Ci g numbers then click on compute Elemental Lead 7
48. e E ERG E EO IS QU bete Tre Ber uterum icut Dades 68 6 2 3 T CODE A d hme ded Quick ae Que edd d p RE QE d 68 NuclideNavigator III C53 B32 6 2 5 2 Search for Help Ob A UE caesar 68 02 9 A AN 68 6 2 6 File Target Window da A AA ds 68 02 01 Open Target IDEAS on ae Se tende o DE ea 68 6 2 62 Recent Targets dea sees dotes te Dc dte adu testae aate 69 0 2 0 3 Save Target AS COP ehe or ea Cm a DER ER TEUER ER E Cb etae eR EDS 69 62 64 Page Setup oe eoi s vaa dite rerba t ate Deen ne p xS ne 69 02 552 EI 2322220 E aie wantin ier A 69 6 2 6 6 Library Information das exe pes hx dies gawd dre ake id d 69 6 2 6 7 Nuclide Information xix er ea ee Ri wed Soe 69 6 2 6 8 Close Target Window ern else ken ERE 69 6277 Bait Charset Window ivy a A DERI 69 56 2 T Add N chde nennen 69 62 1 2 Edit NUCHdE so nn o WAS A ee SOR den dct Woke 70 60 2 ER TAN Delete NUCHde vd oec on dte tratte rae D Dac M ates 71 522 14 Add Gamma Rays rd ae 71 6 2 7 5 Edit Gamma Ray qusc ss ntur Sega aed dci re eate Dong 71 0 2 7 0 Delete Gamma Rays va eteu veau Tina Des a Fre 71 6 2 1 1 Resort Gammas by gt sores 2 28 neti e i ias 71 6 2 8 Options Target Window ea ee tet iet are buie qe ie 72 A G a saad ao dU caer a dcr ease dede ag 72 Radiation nase at rta e E ee A erede NN 72 Print Method een ASS p ao Ero arte Eee p ar i 12 02 9 2 COPY RE BOTEN 12 NUMBER ad od dio 73 Special dob N Ue eon eee keen ee tic ri 7
49. egend Opens a legend explaining the symbols that appear on the Segr Chart as shown in Figs 3 through 11 6 1 5 4 About The About screen Fig 73 provides version information that may be useful should you need ED NuclideN avigator customer support Version 3 4 June 2000 NuclideNavigator was developed for ORTEC by Battelle Memorial Institute Copyright 1994 2000 Battelle Memorial Institute All Rights Reserved Physical Memory 4 444 KB Free Virtual Memory 94 Free Acknowledgments Disclaimer Fig 73 About Screen 57 NuclideNavigator III C53 B32 6 2 Library Manager View 6 2 1 File Source Window The Library Manager File menu is shown in Fig 74 File Open Source Library Ctrl O 6 2 1 1 Open Source Library Recent Sources gt Save SOUCE AS gt Opens a Microsoft Access or GammaVision library for editing This function is duplicated by lt Ctrl O gt Page Setup rmt Et FR 6 2 1 2 Recent Sources gt Library Information OGIGE Atannavon Shows a list of the five most recently used source libraries Select Exit NuclideN avigat an entry to load that library ei Fig 74 Library Manager File Menu Source Window 6 2 1 3 Save Source As Saves the library in either Microsoft Access or GammaVision format Not available for a Master Library 6 2 1 4 Page Setup This dialog is printer dependent An example dialog is shown in Fig 44 for a specific p
50. er of these two lines The results of the search can be saved to a file or printed out You can access these options from the File menu of the output screen 16 193098 jndjn PI Avy BUILD gp SIA LI SEARCH CRITERIA Gamma Energy 1332 26 keV 1332 66 keV Associated line s unbounded Half Lives unbounded Generators unbounded 1st 2nd Assoc Assoc Gamma Ray Nuclide Gamma Gamma 1332 310 1332 330 1332 331 1332 440 1332 501 1332 501 1332 502 1332 502 1332 515 1332 550 1332 610 1332 631 Ir 186 296 893 Nb 89m 511 000 Bi 206 803 105 Ta 173 55 790 Co 60 1173 237 Co 60m 826 289 157 45 998 Yb 167 50 742 Cu 66 1039 202 93 590 238 228 473 701 155 45 998 63 001 15 775 881 015 7 900 826 289 2158 779 279 970 7 180 833 010 875 736 474 001 511 000 AH O0 0 0 1 Po to PO WANRPANAATATA 0 oi 1 I 2 8 I 2 5 5 2 5 3 I 3033333050 ONIHOMVAS E NuclideNavigator III C53 B32 18 4 LIBRARY MANAGEMENT NuclideNavigator also allows you to create application specific libraries that can be used with GammaVision and other software This chapter will explain how to create modify and print these user created application specific libraries At the end of this chapter a specific library management example is given The previous chapters have focused on using NuclideNavigator to display information via the Segre Chart View A limited number of library management
51. for naturally occurring nuclides only those nuclides with a half life greater than 10 hours are included Transuranic nuclides are omitted from SUSPECT LIB Also useful for analyzing an unknown sample for the first time this library includes the annihilation peak at 511 keV ANN 511 and the lead x ray peaks PBKA and PBKB 5 7 CALIBRATION LIBRARIES These libraries are provided for calibration of the gamma ray spectroscopy system for energy shape and efficiency Low yield peaks have been omitted from these libraries 5 7 1 MIXCLB LIB Mixed Radionuclides This library contains the radionuclides provided in the most common mixed radionuclide sources commercially available This library may contain one or two radionuclides not present 38 5 APPLICATION LIBRARIES in a particular source for example Am is not included in all varieties of this source Delete any additional nuclides from a copy of this library for particular calibrations The nuclide list includes 241 Am 109Cq Co 139Ce 23Hg 1138n 133Ba 85Sr 137C s 88y Wen 5 7 2 SRM4275 LIB Mixed Eu Eu and Sb This library is suitable for use with the National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST Standard Reference Material SRM 4275 and 4276 SRM 4275 is a point source and SRM 4276 is a liquid source Information regarding the availability and use of this source can be obtained from NIST Office of SRMs Bldg 222 Room B 311 Gaithersburg MD USA 20878 9
52. gamma ray to the currently selected nuclide This is duplicated by lt Shift Ins gt 6 2 2 5 Edit Gamma Ray Edits the selected gamma ray 6 2 2 6 Delete Gamma Rays Deletes the selected gamma rays A dialog opens to verify each gamma ray deletion this is duplicated by lt Shift Del gt 6 2 2 7 ReSort Gammas by This resorts the list of gamma rays by energy or branching ratio This duplicates the buttons above the displayed list Options NOTE If alpha rays are selected the instructions in Sections 6 2 2 4 View Print through 6 2 2 7 hold for alpha rays instead of gamma rays iie en Segre Chart A i M T 6 2 3 Options Source Window Library Manager Fig 76 Library The Options menu is shown in Fig 76 Manager Options Menu Source 6 2 3 1 View Print Window Displays the dialog in Fig 77 59 NuclideNavigator III C53 B32 fi Preferences x Segr Chart View Library Manager Radiation Print Method O All Nuclides and All Gammas G er Each Nuclide With its Gammas O Betas Sort Printed Gammas by C Alphas C Energy Branching Ratio Fig 77 View Print Radiation Selects Gammas Alphas or Betas to be displayed or printed whenever any operation is selected Print Method Selects between listing the contents of the library with all the nuclide information for all nuclides followed by all emissions gamma alpha or beta or with all em
53. he menu bar 21 NuclideNavigator III C53 B32 Six options affect the copying of nuclides and gamma rays Number to Copy Prompt Before Copy If No Gammas Prompt Before Copy If No Alphas Copy If Zero Branching Ratio Copy Escape Peaks Copy Daughter Nuclides These options are found in the target window s Options menu The Number to Copy option allows you to select the number of gamma or alpha rays to copy from the total number of gamma rays listed for a nuclide in the Source Library This option limits the number of gamma or alpha rays to the top 5 10 15 or 20 most intense gamma alpha or beta rays of a given nuclide Limiting the number of gamma alpha or beta rays listed for a nuclide can be useful depending upon the application for which the library will be used The Prompt Before Copy If No Gammas option can be set to verify the copying of a nuclide from the Source Library to the Target Library even if it has no gamma rays This can also be set for alpha rays The database used for the Source Master database contains gamma or alpha energies as reported by researchers Sometimes the intensity of these are not known and are set to O in the database Likewise for escape peaks the intensity is not fixed Neither of these should be used for activity calculations and can be omitted from the Target Library by disabling the Copy If Zero Branching Ratio and Copy Escape Peaks options Copy Daughter Nuclides will copy into the Target Library all
54. ile menu is shown in Fig 43 6 1 1 1 Open Source Library Opens a Microsoft Access or GammaVision library for viewing on the Segr Chart This function is duplicated by lt Ctrl O gt 6 1 1 2 Recent Sources Shows a list of the five most recently used source libraries Select an entry to load that library EN E eC S Eile Open Source Library Ctrl Q Recent Sources gt Gave Source AS y Page Setup Print gt Library Information Select Target Library Ctrl T Recent Targets b Save Target As gt Close Print Library Information Exit NuclideNavigator Fig 43 Segr Chart File Menu 41 NuclideNavigator III C53 B32 6 1 1 3 Save Source As gt Saves the Source Library in either Microsoft Access or GammaVision format Not available when the Source Library is a Master Library 6 1 1 4 Page Setup This dialog is printer dependent An example dialog is shown in Fig 44 for a specific printer It is used to set options for the printer 6 1 1 5 Print gt Shows the submenu Fig 45 to select printing in the Segre chart or text format Chart Section This prints the screen view of the Segr chart as shown including color on a color printer As many complete nuclides are printed as will fit on the paper Library Data Prints all of the nuclides gamma rays located in the Source Library The format of the printed output depends on the Print
55. ine Control settings for NuclideNavigator startup APPENDIX B FILE FORMAT The Master Nuclide Libraries are stored in a relational database driven by the Microsoft Access database engine Where possible all data for MASTER MDB was taken from the compilation of nuclide and gamma ray energy data generated by and used with permission of Erdtmann and Soyka For PC_NUDAT MDB all data was taken from the NUDAT compilation of nuclide and emission data generated by and used with permission of Brookhaven National Laboratory Other information was supplemented from standard reference sources such as the Radiological Health Handbook and the Chart of the Nuclides The GammaVision libraries created by NuclideNavigator are completely compatible with all ORTEC software 79 NuclideNavigator III C53 B32 80 lt lt Previous re aa te ee 24 SA Ine A ea 71 SUELOS prada da are 41 58 68 CCR A en a ein 42 58 lt Ci Tee oaa Sap 42 SS DIE TS or oa tae sea enn ach qoa quer dese ato ee 69 3 D controls v ane ed ru s rk ku Paca T1 ABO Screen a WAR A 68 Abundance Elemental tota rennen 4 DOLCOBE a Aaa in 1 Allocation values 35 Alpha ray search A ae 13 Alpha rays iu 4405 264 ne oasis 22 48 59 65 71 Annihilation peak 535v eee Bee 38 arrow buttons diagonal eos os 9 up and down 2 222 25 Branch button a a ee 25 Branching ratio 1 13 25 34 44 60 71 73 calculations EBAR IEQ and MPC 3
56. ions and their abbreviations are e Thermal Neutron Activation T e Fast Neutron Activation F Fission Product D e Naturally Occurring Isotope N Photon Reaction P e Charged Particle Reaction C Examples of using the generation constraints are the following 1 If a sample came from a reactor facility check the Fission Product box I the Thermal Neutron Activation box T and maybe even the Fast Neutron Activation box F This will result in only gamma rays from nuclides produced by these reactions being reported 2 If the sample came from an accelerator laboratory check the Photon Reaction box P and Charged Particle Reaction box C options as well Clearly the more that is known about a sample the easier it will be to identify it If the history of the sample is not known check all options to ensure that all nuclides and gamma rays will be reported 3 2 Search Results Once the constraints are specified for the search click on the Search button NuclideNavigator will then begin searching the database for nuclides that meet the selected constraints for the unknown A dialog box with a progress indicator will appear showing what percentage of the search is complete Once the search is completed the results will be presented in a text window 15 NuclideNavigator III C53 B32 An example of one such search is shown in Fig 19 At the top of the output screen the parameters of the search are given As sho
57. ision format 6 2 6 4 Page Setup This dialog is printer dependent An example dialog is shown in Fig 91 for a specific printer It is used to set options for the printer 6 2 6 5 Print Prints all of the nuclides gamma rays located in the library The format of the printed output depends on the Options View Print menu option This function is duplicated by lt Ctrl P gt 6 2 6 6 Library Information Displays information on the library including the creation date last edit date Print Setup MEI Printer Name HP DeskJet 550C Printer Properties Status Default printer Ready Type HP DeskJet 550C Printer Where LPT1 Comment m Paper Orientation Size Letter C Portrait Source In Tray Y Landscape Cancel Fig 91 Printer Options and the number of nuclides gamma rays alpha rays and beta rays in the library 6 2 6 7 Nuclide Information Displays information on the currently selected nuclide as shown in Fig 14 page 10 6 2 6 8 Close Target Window This closes the Target Library and target window but does not exit NuclideNavigator 6 2 7 Edit Target Window The Edit menu is shown in Fig 92 6 2 7 1 Add Nuclide This command opens a dialog Fig 93 that lets you add a nuclide to the library This function is duplicated by lt Ctrl Ins gt The nuclide to be added must be a valid chemical symbol the atomic Edit Add Nuclide Ctrl
58. ission data grouped with the nuclide data The emissions can be listed in ascending energy order or by descending branching ratio order See Figs 26 27 28 and 29 as examples 6 2 3 2 Copy Report gt The Copy Report dialog is shown in Fig 78 Number Select from All Top 5 Top 10 Top 15 or Top 20 emissions to be listed on the report or copied to the target The emissions with the highest branching ratio are selected They are listed or copied in energy order This option is used to filter out the least intense emissions from a nuclide s display allowing quick identification of the top few emissions of a given nuclide To turn off this filtering option choose All as the reporting option The total number of emissions for a nuclide will always be listed even if reporting all of a nuclide s emissions is not a choice 60 6 MENU COMMANDS i Preferences x Segre Chart Yiew Library Manager Number Special O All X Prompt Before Copy if No Gammas O Top 5 X Prompt Before Copy if No Alphas Top 10 Copy if Zero Branching Ratio O Top 15 Copy Escape Peaks O Top 20 Copy Daughter Nuclides Fig 78 Copy Report Menu Special Prompt Before Copy if No Gammas Marking this box turns on the dialog to verify that a nuclide with no gamma rays is to be transferred to the Target Library This is only asked if the View Print Radiation mode is gammas Prompt Before Copy if No Alphas Marking this o
59. keV The Add New Gamma Ray form with the 1234 keV gamma ray information is shown in Fig 38 Note that the value 1234 has been entered in the Energy field 1234 has been entered as the branching ratio and the Gamma Ray Photon Flag has been marked Add New Gamma Ray x Edit Nuclide Photon Flags Energy Branch keY 0 lt Br lt 1 Gamma Ray G O X Ray x C 511 5 O Single Escape S lt lt Previous Next gt gt C Double Escape D KeyLine K Cancel NotinAverage A Fig 38 Add New Gamma Ray Form Repeat the same steps to enter a 2345 keV gamma WES ray for Cs Enter 2345 as the branching ratio for the 2345 keV gamma ray Check the Gamma Ray Photon Flag After both of these gamma rays have been entered the gamma ray list box for Cs should 1234 000 1 230E 01 1 look like Fig 39 2345 000 2 340E 01 2 The Gamma Rays display can show the list ordered by energy branching ratio or index To show the list ordered by branching ratio click on the Branch button likewise for Energy or idx The index number can be changed to order them in the desired order To rearrange the index order click on idx then click on an energy Now click on the up or down arrow to Fig 39 Gamma Ray List Box 4 LIBRARY MANAGEMENT move the selected gamma ray in the list This indexing is used when libraries are saved in the GammaVision library format Saving a library in Gamma
60. mplete category names or just some of the characters The search can be restricted to categories that begin with your search string or categories that contain the search string anywhere in the 51 NuclideNavigator III C53 B32 name When the Possible Matches are displayed select one of them and press Go to go to that category Type All or Part of a Category Name Search Style Search Entire Name C Search Start of Name Only Possible Matches Angular Velocity Area Capacitance Charge Conductance Data Storage 33 categories are displayed Help X Cancel Fig 61 Locate a Type of Category Preferences Fig 62 sets the operating conditions for the program Under the General tab the toolbars can be displayed or not the units entries sorted or not A calculator program is also included The 1 Result Format Fonts Category Order Display v Show Toolbar v Show Category Selection Index T abs Calculator Program can be changed Sorting to another program by selecting Iv Sort Units in Alphabetical Drder Other Program and entering the v Sort Categories in Alphabetical Order program name Any Windows Calculator Program program can be used Default Windows Calculator C Other Program Ea X Cancel Fig 62 Preferences 52 6 MENU COMMANDS The Result Format tab Fig 63 lists the format options for the given results
61. n 7000 Q _13800 Se ee 010575 Sn 8 5500 60 E Sp 24Cr 2 e 3t Ss 8 ds a 1 775 n aso 17 7 Sn 6100 51s t rj N 3 Mn B Q 8500 o Evaluator M M King Fig 70 Example Decay Scheme 6 1 4 View 1 5x106 y 60 26 Fe B Q 237 A 60 NDS 69 1 1993 rom 0 24 2 2039 10 467 m A 5 2714y 60 a 27C0 8 Q 2823 9 60N 28Ni Sn 10061 0 2 287m 6l Ec cu 0 06126 9 This menu Fig 71 gives you the option of selecting the whole library to view in the Segr Chart view or any one of the natural decay series If one of the decay series is selected Fig 72 the display shows only the elements in the series properly positioned on the chart with the decay modes shown between the parent and daughter nuclides 56 Sn 15000 Sp 5121 ot 2 38 m x 60 Ec 3oZn Q c1158 Sn 13950 Sp 80 nn 316a Qzc 14190 Sy 8900 EG 33AS Qgc 21400 Qp 3300 Sp 900 ae Pg 32Ge Qgc 12200 v All Nuclides in Library Thorium 4n Series Neptunium 4n 1 Series Uranium 4n 2 Series Actinium 4n 3 Series Fig 71 Segr Chart View 6 MENU COMMANDS pus D xe Am 238 Fig 72 Natural Series Display 6 1 5 Help 6 1 5 1 Contents This displays the contents of the online help file 6 1 5 2 Search for Help On This displays a dialog for searching the help database for information on a specific subject 6 1 5 3 L
62. nd Parity Number V50 0 250 Abundance Half Life 14E17 a c 40 0 60 0 Thermal Resonance cross sections Barns Isotopic Mass 49 947163 Naturally Occurring Radioactive Nuclide with an Isomeric State Spin and Parity of FT Spin and Parity of Metastable State TO A Ground State 95 700 Abundance Half Life 4 30h 6 0614 a Half Life Thermal Resonance cross sections Barns Isotopic Mass Fission Product Fig 7 Legend Menu Naturally Radioactive Artificially Radioactive Naturally Radioactive Fission Yields Binding Energy 1 Binding Energy 2 Relative locations of the products of various nuclear processes Original Nucleus Fig 8 Nuclear Processes NuclideNavigator III C53 B32 Nuclear Processes Stable AicialRadoactive Naturally Radioactive Fission Yields Binding Energy 1 Binding Energy 2 1 0E 01 1 0E 00 1 0E 01 1 0E 02 1 0E 03 1 0E 04 1 0E 05 1 0E 06 1 0E 07 Fission Yield 96 Fig 9 Legend Menu Fission Yields EL nn _A gt ___ gt 2 Halitives Neutron Cross Sections Nuclear Processes Stabe Artficialy Radioactive Naturally Radioactive Fission Yields Binding Energy 1 Binding Energy 2 Average Binding Energy per Nucleon MeV 0 16 Ne 20 M9 Fig 10 Legend Menu Average Binding Energy 1 2 NUCLIDE INFORMATION Legend x Hallives Neuton Cioss Sestions Nuclear Processes
63. o Fig 97 View Print 6 2 8 2 Copy Report The Copy Report dialog is shown in Fig 98 72 6 MENU COMMANDS i Preferences x Segre Chart Yiew Library Manager Number Special O All X Prompt Before Copy if No Gammas O Top 5 X Prompt Before Copy if No Alphas Top 10 Copy if Zero Branching Ratio C Top 15 Copy Escape Peaks O Top 20 Copy Daughter Nuclides Fig 98 Copy Report Menu Number Select from All Top 5 Top 10 Top 15 or Top 20 emissions to be listed on the report or copied to the target The emissions with the highest branching ratio are selected They are listed or copied in energy order Use this option to filter out the least intense emissions from a nuclide s display thus allowing quick identification of the top few emissions of a given nuclide To turn off this filtering option select All as the reporting option The total number of emissions for a nuclide will always be listed even if reporting all of a nuclide s emissions is not a choice Special Prompt Before Copy if No Gammas Marking this option turns on the dialog to verify that a nuclide with no gamma rays is to be transferred to the Target Library This is only asked if the View Print Radiation mode is gammas Prompt Before Copy if No Alphas Marking this option turns on the dialog to verify that a nuclide with no alpha rays is to be transferred to the Target Library This is only asked if the
64. on Statels 4 Crystal Structure Diamond Electronegativity 2 01 Heat of Vaporization 334 30 kJ mol Heat of Fusion 31 80 kJ mol Electrical Conductivity 4 00E 4 10 6ohm crm Thermal Conductivity 59 90 Wm EK at 300 Specific Heat Capacity 0 32 Jg K at 300 1 First Ionization Potential 7 90 Covalent Radius 1 22 A Atomic Radius 1 37 Fig 57 Physical Constants 6 1 3 5 Units Converter The Master Converter Master Converter Gf x Fig 58 converts from Action Edit Customize Reference Help one set of units to another Rada on Acivip BARAA BA E ME APS For example the con version can be from becquerels to curies or i Erich disintegrations minute disintegrations minute om English measure to disintegrations second disintegrations second metric measure Many gigabecquerel gigabecquerel i s kilobecquerel sets of units are included kilocurie so you can use this as a megabecquerel megabecquerel a microcurie microcurie general utility program millibecquerel millibecquerel millicurie millicurie nanocurie Fig 59 shows the Action picocurie picacurie menu for the Master terabecquerel terabecquerel Converter Invert Conversion reverses the units displayed For example if the display shows the conversion Radiation Activity AR adiation Exposure Temperature Interval Fig 58 Units Conversion 50 6 MENU COMMAND
65. ption turns on or off the dialog to verify that a nuclide with no alpha rays is to be transferred to the Target Library This is only asked if the View Print Radiation mode is alphas Copy if Zero Branching Ratio Some entries in the master databases have zero for the branching ratio usually because the actual valve is not known Unmarking this option removes these from the copy function so they will not be used by an analysis program Copy Escape Peaks The escape peak intensity relative to other gamma rays for the same nuclide is not constant Thus these lines should not be used in activity calculations For this reason they can be eliminated from the target copy 61 NuclideNavigator III C53 B32 Copy Daughter Nuclides Marking this box copies all daughters of the selected nuclide to the target The daughters are also checked for No Gammas or No Alphas 6 2 3 3 Library Manager The Thin Window Option Fig 79 shows only the nuclide list while the Thick Window shows the nuclide and emissions table III TEE x Copy Report Segr Chart View Options X Source Thin Window View Target Thin Window View X Link Source and Target Window Fig 79 Library Manager View The Source and Target Dialogs can be linked together so you can more easily move them around the screen 6 2 3 4 Segr Chart The Segr Chart View dialog Fig 80 selects the action to be taken when you double cli
66. re located on the lower right side of the Search Dialog Box Fig 17 A half life limit can be used to eliminate nuclides that could not be present in the sample because they have too long or too short half lives Only nuclides with half lives between the limits are included in the search results For example to identify a gamma ray from a sample that is over 100 days old a minimum half life value of 10 days or greater could be entered as a limit This limit would be useful because any isotope with less than a 10 day half life would have for all practical purposes completely decayed away after 100 days Likewise to look for a short lived isotope a maximum half life limit could be specified A half life range can always be selected by specifying both a lower and an upper half life limit 14 3 SEARCHING To disable the half life search limit completely uncheck the Half life Search Options check box or set both values to zero 3 1 3 Match Associated Lines This will select from the primary search results only those nuclides that also have the second and third gamma ray energies specified This is very helpful in spectrum analysis to reduce the nuclide lists to those which fit the spectrum 3 1 4 Method of Nuclide Generation The nuclide generation constraints are located on the left side of the Search Dialog Box Fig 18 The Generator Search Options will limit the nuclides displayed to the type or types selected The generation opt
67. rinter It is used to set options for the printer 6 2 1 5 Print Prints all of the nuclides emissions in the library The format of the printed output depends on the selections in Options View Print see Section 6 1 2 1 This function is duplicated by lt Ctrl P gt 6 2 1 6 Library Information Displays information on the library Includes the creation date last edit date and the number of nuclides gamma rays alpha rays and beta rays in the library 6 2 1 7 Nuclide Information Displays information on the currently selected nuclide Same as view shown in Fig 14 page 10 6 2 1 8 Exit NuclideNavigator Closes the NuclideNavigator program If changes have been made to a GammaVision format library a dialog opens so you can save the changes 58 6 MENU COMMANDS 6 2 2 Edit Source Window The following are not available for Master Library The Edit menu is shown in Fig 75 and duplicates the Edit functions for the Add Nuclide Ctrl Ins Target Library Edit Nuclide Delete Nuclide 6 2 2 1 Add Nuclide Add Gamma Ray Shift Ins Edit Gamma Ray Adds a nuclide to the library This is duplicated by lt Ctrl Ins gt ee Resort Gammas by 6 2 2 2 Edit Nuclide en Fig 75 Library Manager Edit Edits a nuclide in the library Menu Source Window 6 2 2 3 Delete Nuclide Removes the currently selected nuclide and its gamma rays from the library 6 2 2 4 Add Gamma Ray Adds a
68. s fo jJ Photon Reaction P X Halflife Search Options X Charged Particle Reaction C M po Js 7 search Close d mm E s Fig 55 Search for Alphas This function can also be started by clicking on the Library Search toolbox button Fig 16 48 6 MENU COMMANDS 6 1 3 3 Library Manager Switches the viewing mode from the Segr Chart to a dual window mode More advanced library management functions are available in this mode including multiple nuclide copying adding deleting nuclides and adding deleting editing gamma rays If the Source Library is a Master Library and there is no Target Library a dialog opens so you can select a Target Library 6 1 3 4 Periodic Chart Shows the normal periodic chart Fig 56 To display the complete physical properties for any element see Fig 57 put the mouse pointer on the chemical name and either click the right mouse button or double click the left mouse button See Appendix A for installation options Periodic Chart of the Elements Eg Physical Properties Density 5 32 g cc Abundance Melting Point Fig 56 Complete Periodic Chart 49 NuclideNavigator III C53 B32 Physical Properties of Germanium x Atomic Weight 72 59 Crustal Abundance 4 00 ppm Density 2 an 5 32 g cc Melting Point 935 30 C Boiling Point 2833 00 C Electron Configuration Ar 3di10 4s2 p2 Oxidati
69. set Fig 65 Sort Categories The Customize menu Fig 67 allows you to add units and categories to the current extensive list The new conversions become available on the tabs and dialogs in the same manner as the internal units and categories Edit Cut Ctrl x Copy Ctrl C Paste Ctrl Fig 66 Units Edit Menu 54 Customize Units Categories Fig 67 Units Customize Menu 6 MENU COMMANDS Select Units to add a new unit to one of the categories as shown in Fig 68 Custom Units In This Category iam Tn Add ej odin HENTSGVE Fig 68 Adding a New Unit 6 1 3 6 Decay Schemes This command allows you to display the nuclide decay schemes using the Adobe Acrobat Reader supplied with NuclideNavigator III All of the available 277 schemes can be viewed This command is duplicated by the Decay Scheme toolbar button Fig 69 Figure 70 shows an example of the decay schemes To select the atomic number to be displayed use the right hand slider The display will show the page number which is the atomic number a Fig 69 Decay Scheme Button 55 NuclideNavigator III C53 B32 60000 56000 52000 48000 44000 40000 36000 32000 28000 24000 20000 16000 12000 10000 8000 6000 5000 4000 3000 2000 1000 500 100 Sp 18800 Sn 4600 o 607 2211 Q 10400 Sp 3200 a 200 me Di 16200 50y a 23 p S
70. sets of the MASTER MDB file The ordering of the peaks for each nuclide has been modified as necessary for each application The half life of some nuclides has been changed to that of the parent nuclide to account for transient or secular equilibrium Some nuclide names in the application libraries can be modified as discussed in each section below 5 1 NATURAL LIB Natural Radionuclide Library This library contains each of the three naturally occurring decay series U Th and U in decreasing atomic mass order Each nuclide in a particular subseries within each decay series has been assigned the half life of the parent of that subseries By examining the agreement of activity between nuclides of the subseries information regarding equilibrium can be obtained This library can be used with natural samples in which transient and secular equilibrium is assumed or is being tested 5 2 NPP LIB Nuclear Power Plant Library This library contains gamma rays for fission and activation products and naturally occurring nuclides with large branching ratios The inclusion of these naturally occurring photopeaks is based on the ambient background measurements Nuclides involved in beta decay with transient equilibrium such as Rh whose photopeaks are used to quantify Ru have had their nuclide name and half life changed You may wish to edit the nuclide names preferred This library can also be used for EBAR IEQ and MPC calculations 5 3 FOOD LI
71. splayed 6 2 7 6 Delete Gamma Rays Deletes the selected gamma rays A dialog is displayed to verify each gamma ray before deletion Duplicated by lt Shift Del gt 6 2 7 7 ReSort Gammas by This resorts the list of gamma rays by energy or branching ratio This duplicates the buttons above the displayed list NOTE Tf alpha rays are selected the instructions in Sections 6 2 7 4 through 6 2 7 7 hold for alpha rays instead of gamma rays 71 NuclideNavigator III C53 B32 6 2 8 Options Target Window The Options menu is shown in Fig 96 Options View Print 6 2 8 1 View Print Copy Report i Segre Chart Displays the dialog in Fig 97 Uain Fig 96 Library Radiation Manager Options Menu Target Selects Gammas Alphas or Betas to be displayed or printed Window whenever any operation is selected Print Method Selects between listing the contents of the library with all the nuclide information for all nuclides followed by all emissions gamma alpha or beta or with all emission data grouped with the nuclide data The emissions can be listed in ascending energy order or by descending branching ratio order See Figs 26 27 28 and 29 as examples III TE Ea Segre Chart View Library Manager Radiation Print Method O All Nuclides and All Gammas Gammas ae Each Nuclide With its Gammas O Betas Sort Printed Gammas by O Alphas C Energy Branching Rati
72. splaying the nuclides is the Segre Chart Chart of the Nuclides To view the data from any specific isotope just double click on the box in the chart to display the selected information 1 2 Database Queries The nuclide and gamma ray data is stored in a relational database so it is possible to perform queries on the database for gamma ray or alpha energies that meet the criteria selected Using NuclideNavigator to search for specific isotopic information saves time and the printed copy is no longer needed The search for an unidentified gamma ray or alpha ray by specifying simple limits about the measured sample is very easy The data stored with each nuclide includes the parent daughter nuclides the half life generators references neutron absorption cross section nuclide type and percent abundance for naturally occurring elements The data stored with each gamma ray are the energy branching ratio or yield and the type X gamma escape for alpha rays the energy and branching ratio are stored IG Erdtmann and W Soyka The Gamma Rays of the Radionuclides Verlag Chemie ISBN 3 527 25816 7 Weinheim FRG ISBN 0 89573 022 7 New York 1979 National Nuclear Data Center Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton New York NuclideNavigator III C53 B32 The Segr Chart view can show all of the chart or only the natural series The four natural series are displayed individually with all the decay processes shown 1 3
73. t Library The format of the printed output depends on the Print Method menu option see Section 6 1 2 1 6 1 1 12 Library Information Target Shows the date the library was created and last edited It also shows the source of the information and how much is stored in the library These fields are not in older libraries so they cannot be displayed 6 1 1 13 Exit NuclideNavigator Closes the NuclideNavigator program If changes have been made to a GammaV ision format library a dialog opens so you can save the changes 6 1 2 Options The Options menu is shown in Fig 46 ptions View Print 6 1 2 1 View Print Copy Report Segre Chart Display the dialog in Fig 47 Library Manager Fig 46 Options Menu Radiation Selects Gammas Alphas or Betas to be displayed or printed whenever any operation is selected 43 NuclideNavigator III C53 B32 Print Method Selects between listing the contents of the library with all nuclide information NU PARRA for all nuclides followed by all emissions gamma alpha or beta or with all emission data grouped with the nuclide data The emissions can be Hanan 57 listed in ascending energy order or by descending branching ratio Sort Printed Gammas by See Figs 26 C Betas 27 28 and 29 as examples Print Method O All Nuclides and All Gammas Each Nuclide With its Gammas Gammas Sort Printed Gammas by O Alphas C Energy
74. te rm GOR Saks eter Ee Mo d poem OR Sod elem tA NENA 58 6 9 L6 Library Informations user 22 Ben EA Er rar 58 6 2 1 7 Nuclide Information en Yu Ed ES 58 6 2 1 8 Exit NuclideNavigator ass ns RT ER u nod Kt SS 58 6 2 2 Edit Source Window 5o a edel tte a dade metet eiua pio da aet 59 0 2 2 1 Add N clide due setu RE REIS ERR AME RSEN 59 6222 idit Nue Ide 6 oriente a tentus est atre ble eS oce edle do pet 59 0 2 2 2 Delete NUCIS sarria or Dd ace ru hessen 59 6 2 2 4 Add Gamma Ray oeste te em ex e daemon eL Pee sleds 59 6 229 Edit Gamma Ray ASA ra ex un Eae qae e p xar Ed 59 622 0 Delete Gamma Bays catala CREE de EE EA 59 6 2 2 7 Resort Gammas by sin a 59 6 2 3 Options Source Window sr re E ERES A MUR Eee 59 6 2 31 Vie wIPEIDS os ete rd Ree eee ee Oe ich E EEG EE 39 0 2 3 5 CODVIRSDOEU EEE RR CO e Nest 60 Number ans ERR E 60 Special s donus entes trs Net eastern re een ee dec adel aci ab tt 61 6 253 957 Library Managery ovens un oS EE ien EX PIS ERE RES 62 5 2 3245 Sere Chart oer eh ed ee pl eos ars oak Rind ete a a ase 62 Pop UP Mentis oce A ew aoa det e ad d 63 6 2 4 Tools Source Window EEES EEE ELBE TE x e t dieu E xd 64 6 2 2 1 Search Library for 24366682 rs rn dr AES 64 62 4 2 Library Mi anager an erede erede ente eedem teneo ent 65 62439 Periodic Chart ur ato su ec Dates edu Du 65 6 2 4 4 Units Converter Sera een tut emt ER PERO E semp s 67 6 245 Decay Schemes ATEOS dt on eg ee 67 0 2 3 Help ee
75. the Nuclide nuclide is selected the Add Gamma TERR ES Photon Flags A Ray command on the window s Edit keV O lt Br lt 1 C Gamma Ray 6 menu is enabled Select the Add I en es 51 Gamma Ray menu item to display the O Single Escape S gamma ray information form Fig 25 Lr EIE NIS ee Next enter the Energy and branching en E ratio Branch for the gamma ray and dq NotinAverage A check the correct Photon Flags information Once this is done click on the Accept button to accept the new gamma ray information Fig 25 Gamma Ray Information Form Note that when adding any emission the Next gt gt and lt lt Previous buttons of the form are gray inactive 24 4 LIBRARY MANAGEMENT 4 3 5 Deleting a Gamma Ray Select the nuclide that has the gamma ray to be deleted then select the gamma ray to be deleted and choose the Delete Gamma Ray command NuclideNavigator will ask you to verify the deletion of the gamma ray Answer Yes to delete the gamma ray 4 3 6 Modifying Gamma Ray Information To modify a gamma ray s properties double click on a gamma ray in the target window gamma ray list box This will open the gamma ray information form Fig 25 containing the given gamma ray s data Change the information as needed then click on Accept You can also modify the gamma rays by choosing a gamma ray and then selecting Edit Edit gamma ray from the menu bar
76. the Segr Chart View and then selecting View Pee lae Fop Up Mgnt Nuclide from the Pop Up menu Fig 12 The information NuclideNavigator III C53 B32 presented in the Nuclide Information display includes half life parent and daughter isotopes if any and the nuclide s gamma ray beta ray or alpha ray information The gamma ray data displayed includes the energy branching ratio and associated gamma rays for each gamma ray listed At the bottom of the screen the total number of gamma rays for the isotope is listed along with the number actually displayed An example of the Nuclide Information screen that appears for 0pb is shown in Fig 13 File Options Specific Activity Pb 210 Properties Daughters Parents Half Life 22 300 Years Bi 210 1 000e 00 TI 210 Abundance Hg 206 1 900e 08 Po 214 Thermal 0 5 Po 214m Resonance State Radiation E U xj U U U gmn abe Gamma Rays Enemy Branch 2 Br Codes A Gamma 1 A Gamma 2 10 50 25 00000 X L 46 54 4 25000 Fig 13 Nuclide Information Screen The Pop Up menu and number of gammas displayed is selected in the Options menu These are fully explained in Chapter 6 The Nuclide Information Screen also has a menu bar for additional functions 2 2 1 File The Listing menu shows the nuclide information in a different format as shown in Fig 14 The dialog can also be
77. to select a Target Library 6 2 4 3 Periodic Chart Shows the normal periodic chart Fig 85 To display the complete physical properties for any element see Fig 86 put the mouse pointer on the chemical name and either click the right mouse button or double click the left mouse button See Appendix A for installation options 65 NuclideNavigator III C53 B32 Periodic Chart of the Elements x AACA p vu vu vu m un ALIS LPS ia EEE REEE Ag cd in Tsn se RRE eee DR RACE ne Sen Fig 85 Complete Periodic Chart Physical Properties of Germanium Ed Atomic Weight Crustal Abundance 5 32 g cc Melting Point 938 30 C Boiling Point 2833 00 C Electron Configuration ir 3di10 43s2 p2 Oxidation State s Crystal Structure Diamond Electronegativity 2 01 Heat of Vaporization A kJ mol Heat of Fusion kJ mol Electrical Conductivity 4 00E 4 10 6ohm cm Thermal Conductivity 59 90 Wm EK at 300 Specific Heat Capacity 32 Jg K at 300 First Ionization Potential 9 0 Covalent Radius 22 Atomic Radius 37 Fig 86 Physical Constants 66 6 2 4 4 Units Converter 6 MENU COMMANDS Use the Master Converter Fig 87 to convert from one set of units to another For example the conversion can be from becquerels to curies or from English measure to metric measure Many sets of units are included so you can use this as a general utility program For complete details see Section 6 1 3 5 M
78. tomatic just answer the installation wizard questions Now exit Windows and restart the PC and Windows Then click on Start Programs and Nuclide Navigator viii 1 INTRODUCTION NuclideNavigator is an interactive Windows program to view query and extract gamma ray alpha ray and beta ray energies and yields half lives parent daughter relations and neutron absorptions from databases One database contains data for 2 361 nuclides 360 alphas 1 702 betas and 47 902 gamma rays the other has 3 472 nuclides 1 500 alphas 12 753 betas and 75 880 gammas In addition it can be used to build application libraries or working libraries in the GammaVision format or the Microsoft Access format The GammaVision format is used by GammaVision MAESTROS AlphaVision Renaissance and ScintiVision software The Access format libraries are easily used in Visual Basic or user written programs Included in the database MASTER MDB are the complete contents of The Gamma Rays of the Radionuclides along with alpha and beta data from the ENSDF group Several application libraries in both GammaVision and Access formats are included The PC_NUDAT MDB database contains the complete database from the NNDC at Brookhaven National Laboratory 1 1 Viewing Nuclide Information NuclideNavigator uses the graphical user interface of Windows to provide an easy to use method of selecting and displaying nuclear data The default mode of di
79. uclides The Segre Chart View can show one of two views condensed or expanded of the nuclide database Fig 1 illustrates an intermediate condensed view while Fig 2 shows the expanded view The Options menu is used to select which view to display E NuclideNavigator Library pc_nudat mdb File Options Tools View Help Target Library Jump To Nuclide test mdb Jump PAE Ge 72 32 n 40 Germanum C 5 997223 Fig 1 Segr Chart Condensed View NuclideNavigator III C53 B32 NuclideNavigator Library pc nudat mdb File Options Tools View Help Pa scam S BAER SIE 4 71 312 70 924707 Ge 73 Z 32 n 41 Germanium ie cC cC 0 000102 Fig 2 Segr Chart Expanded View The condensed view of the Segr Chart gives a quick isotopic overview of the NuclideNavigator database This view shows little detail about each isotope but allows for quick scanning of the entire chart This view shows naturally occurring and unstable isotopes in the same scheme as the KAPL Chart Note that the bottom of the screen shows the chemical symbol atomic number atomic mass and chemical name for the isotope under the mouse This is true for even the most condensed view The expanded view of the Segr Chart displays neutron cross sections and the elemental abundance for each stable isotope For radioactive isotopes the half lives of the isotope and
80. wn in Fig 19 the search listed gamma rays with energies from 1332 26 keV to 1332 66 keV with a minimum half life of one day produced by either thermal or fast neutron activation Following the search options is the list of gamma rays matching the search constraints The uses of the columns in the gamma ray listing are as follows Gamma Ray Energy of the gamma ray keV Br Ratio Decay branching ratio for this gamma ray Nuclide Nuclide that produces this gamma ray Half Life Half life of the given nuclide Gen Generation mechanisms for the given nuclide 1st Assoc Gamma First associated gamma of the given gamma ray Br Ratio Decay branching ratio of the first associated gamma ray 2nd Assoc Gamma Second associated gamma ray of the given gamma ray Br Ratio Decay branching ratio of the second associated gamma ray The associated gamma rays are used to indicate other gamma rays that should be in the spectrum if the unknown gamma ray is from the listed nuclide A potential gamma ray match can be rejected if the associated gamma rays are not present The first associated gamma ray is the most intense gamma ray for this nuclide other than the one searched for i e the energy in Column 1 The second associated gamma ray is the second most intense gamma ray for this nuclide other than the two already listed If there are no other gamma rays the energy is given as zero If Match Associated Lines is enabled the associated line is one or the oth
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