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63Ni—a common radioactive source in laboratory instruments

by Jerry LiElement Collection—Radioactive August 14, 2021November 1, 2023Comments are Disabled

Nickel-63, denoted as 63Ni, is a radioactive isotope of nickel with an atomic weight of 63. This element is of significant interest to various industries due to its unique properties and uses. One of the most notable properties of 63Ni is its half-life, which is approximately 100 years. This property makes it an ideal source …

Make Crystals via Chemical Vapor Transport(CVT)

by Jerry LiCrystal Growth May 20, 2021November 1, 2023Comments are Disabled

Table of content Introduction CVT Theory Experiment The End Reference Introduction Chemical vapor transport, the most luxury way of making crystals for element collection, has fascinated me with its gorgeous products at the first glance. Pictures of those expensive and precious CVT crystals are used by various element collectors and Wikipedia—the featured picture for elements …

Design and Realization of a Digital Signal Processing System for FPGA-based Multichannel Analyzers

by Jerry LiNuclear Spectrometry February 15, 2021November 12, 2023Comments are Disabled

Since I submitted this article to Edexcel, I cannot post it now before the grade is out. Sorry