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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Handheld Magnetic-Compliant Gamma-Ray Spectrometer for Environmental Monitoring and Scrap Metal Screening.

Marco Carminati, Davide Di Vita, Giuseppe Morandi, Ilenia D'Adda, Carlo Fiorini

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Marco CarminatiDipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, 20133 Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3485-4317
Davide Di VitaDipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, 20133 Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9133-6084
Giuseppe MorandiTNE S.p.A.-Technology Nuclear Electronics, Cassina de' Pecchi, 20060 Milano, Italy.
Ilenia D'AddaDipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, 20133 Milano, Italy.
Carlo FioriniDipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, 20133 Milano, Italy.

Funding

Regione Lombardia Smart Foundry ID 147018
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spotting radioactive material in waste is of paramount importance for environment protection. This is particularly challenging when orphan sources are hidden in scrap metal that shields their activity from the traditional detectors in the portals scanning incoming trucks. In order to address this issue, we present a wireless and compact SiPM-based gamma spectrometer compatible with strong magnetic fields (0.1 T) to be installed in the bore of the lifting electromagnets to scan reduced volumes of metal and thus achieve higher sensitivity. The microcontroller-based instrument provides 11% energy resolution (at 662 keV), an energy range from 60 keV to 1.5 MeV, a max. count rate of 30 kcps, a weight <1 kg, and a power consumption <1 W. The results of its extensive characterization in the laboratory and its validation in the field, including operation in a scrap yard as well as on a drone, are reported.

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Environmental MonitoringMetalsMagnetic PhenomenaMetalselectromagnetmetal recyclingradioactivity monitoringSiPMwireless sensor

Identifiers

PMID35214315
PMCPMC8963090

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