{"id":4666,"date":"2024-03-16T13:02:49","date_gmt":"2024-03-16T12:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.infn.it\/TechTransfer\/portfolio_page\/cryogenic-detector-for-measuring-radioactivity-in-a-sample\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T12:09:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T11:09:22","slug":"cryogenic-detector-for-measuring-radioactivity-in-a-sample","status":"publish","type":"portfolio_page","link":"https:\/\/web.infn.it\/TechTransfer\/en\/portfolio_page\/cryogenic-detector-for-measuring-radioactivity-in-a-sample\/","title":{"rendered":"Cryogenic detector for measuring radioactivity in a sample"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Cryogenic detector for measuring radioactivity in a sample<\/span><\/h1>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]Radioactivity detector operating at very low temperature. It is a solid-state detector sensitive to all types of radiation that allows the detection of any type of radioactive contamination on small amounts of material, without the need for time-consuming and laborious sample preparation. [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”4668″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=””][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

How does it work?<\/span><\/h3>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]The detector is based on a technology developed for the study of neutrinos and operates at temperatures close to absolute zero. This allows a very high sensitivity, necessary for working on very small sample quantities, without the need for special preparations, and greatly shortens measurement times, from weeks needed with traditional techniques to a couple of days. The detector is sensitive to all types of radiation, therefore it can detect different contaminants in one single measurement, unlike the techniques in use that require a different measurement for each type of radiation (alpha, beta, X, gamma), together with a specific sample preparation.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

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