Laminate credit card sources are designed to offer a convenient alternative packaging – easy to handle and store – in various industries including, but not limited to:
- Laboratories: They are ideal for performing functional checks on gamma counters or spectrometers.
- Radiation Protection: Laminate credit card sources can be used for functional checks and periodic verifications of radiation protection probes and systems.
- Training and Education: Laminate credit card sources can be used to illustrate fundamental concepts in nuclear physics and radiation science. Students can observe and study radioactive decay, half-life, energy spectra, and interactions of radiation with matter.
- Security: Laminate credit card sources are also useful for functional checks and periodic verifications of portable devices used to identify radiological threats and for conducting emergency exercises.
AVAILABLE SIZES
Each credit card source is constructed using 7.5 mil, heavy-weight card stock and is available in one standard size:
- 3.75 x 2.25 inches (95.3 mm x 57.2 mm)
The source material deposit will be 2-3 mm in diameter located at the center of the radiation trefoil.
CALIBRATION OPTIONS
Credit card sources are not available for calibration. The maximum deviation of the delivered activity from the nominal values listed is ±20%.
REGULATORY COMPLIANCE
Activities provided will not exceed the U.S. NRC Exempt Quantity limit.
Plastic laminates provide a convenient alternative packaging being easy to handle and store. The standard laminates have a transmission window of 0.005″ and produce minimum attenuation for photons and higher energy beta particles.
Two sizes are available, 3.75″x2.25″, and a 1″ diameter circular disc. Other sizes are available; just let us know and we will send you a quote. Low energy x-ray, beta and alpha sources can be produced with a 80 µgm/cm2 aluminized Mylar window offering excellent transmission for Fe-55, C-14 and Po-210.
Contact one of our product specialists.
