RCO Lab Instrument Capabilities
Liquid Scintillation Counter
The Radiation Control Office has three liquid scintillation counters to detect and quantify radioactivity. The RCO typically uses LSCs to analyze filter paper wipes, cotton swabs, and liquid samples for DPM, CPM, and gross activity.
Perkin-Elmer Tri-Carb 2800:- Simultaneous counting of alpha and beta emitters
- Luminescence detection and correction
- TR-LSC® (Time Resolved Liquid Scintillation Counting) background reduction
- Direct DPM
- Automatic calibration
- 4,000 channel linear Multichannel Analyzer (MCA)
- Replay postprocessing
- Chemiluminescence correction
- Simultaneous counting of alpha and beta emitters
- Low level count mode
- Single, dual, and triple label DPM
- Replay postprocessing
- Simultaneous counting of alpha and beta emitters
- Low level count mode
Contact the RCO at 626-6850 for questions regarding Liquid Scintillation Counters.