These pulses are amplified then analyzed according to
peak voltace and counted.

Nal(Tl) crystals are in wide use today as cammaray detectors because of their high efficiency and linearity.

The disadvantase of tneir beings nysroscopic is larsely

overcome by sealing them hermetically in thin-walled aluminum containers.
For this experiment a special sample holder was made

for the spectrometer which allowed the bottoms of the
sample containers to be placed 2 inches above the top of

the collimator (a 1/2-inch hole through 6 inches of lead)
and centered witnout further adjustment.

The 4-inch in diameter by 4-inch long NaI(T1) crystal,
5-inch Du Mont vhotomultiplier tube, preamplifier and
housing

(Fig. 1) were the same as those used in the analy-

sis of the data from Operation TEAPOT? and are more fully
described elsewhere. *
The output of the preamplifier was fed into a Tracer-

lab non-overloading linear amplifier whose output pulses
were analyzed by an Atomic Instrument Company Model 510
pulse heicht analyzer,

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the variable base line bias of which
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was provided by a helipot, motor driven through its renge.®©
The output pulses from the analyzer

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were fed

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