The recently developed "n" on "p" type silicon solar cell has been evaluated for application as a high-level gamma radiation dose rate meter. The solar cell ionization current was found to be a linear function of dose rate in a range 10 2 to 10 7 rads per hour. A degradation rate of approximately one per cent per megarad was measured after stabilization with twenty megarads of cobalt-60 gamma radiation. The system has proven to be stable over long periods of time. Temperature dependence corrections have been found to be .0 per cent per degree centigrade between 0 and 60 …
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The recently developed "n" on "p" type silicon solar cell has been evaluated for application as a high-level gamma radiation dose rate meter. The solar cell ionization current was found to be a linear function of dose rate in a range 10 2 to 10 7 rads per hour. A degradation rate of approximately one per cent per megarad was measured after stabilization with twenty megarads of cobalt-60 gamma radiation. The system has proven to be stable over long periods of time. Temperature dependence corrections have been found to be .0 per cent per degree centigrade between 0 and 60 degree centigrade.
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Mueller, A. C.; Rizzo, P. X. & Galanter, L.The "N" on "P" Silicon Solar Cell Gamma Ray Dose Rate Meter,
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November 18, 1963;
Washington D.C..
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