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Radiation Testing - Facilities Technical Specifications
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Level 1 DDD testing: Proton Beams
Centre for Accelerator Science
Source Type | Protons beams |
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Energy spectrum | Up to 15 MeV |
Range(Si) | Up to 2000 µm |
Flux | 104 - 109 particles/(cm2 x s) |
Features irradiation in vacuum |
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Features irradiation in ambient air |
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Level 2 TID testing: Cobalt-60 Source
GAmma Technology Research Irradiator (GATRI) facility
Source type | Gamma-ray: Co-60 sources arranged on a rack of dimension approximately 1m2. |
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Energy spectrum | 1.17 & 1.33 MeV |
Dose rate | ~ 0.01 - 0.22 Gy(Si)/s (or 1 -22 rad(Si)/s) |
Field size | Uniform planar field: 1m x 1m. |
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Gammacell 220 Irradiator
Source type | Gamma ray: Co-60 rods equally spaced in a stainless-steel rack to form a radioactive cylindrical shell of 20.9cm in diameter. |
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Energy spectrum | 1.17 & 1.33 MeV |
Dose rate | ~ 0.12 Gy(Si)/s (or 12 rad(Si)/s) |
Field size | Isotropic cylindrical field: 15.2cm (diameter) x 20.6cm (height). |
Features irradiation in ambient air |
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Level 2 TID testing and SEE Pre-screening: X-ray beams
Australian Synchrotron
Source Type | X-ray beam: Superconducting Multipole Wiggler on 3GeV electron storage ring |
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Energy spectrum | 20 – 120 keV (monochromatic) |
Dose rate | ~ Gy(Si)/s to kGy(Si)/s (or ~tens of mrad(Si)/s to rad(Si)/s) |
Flux | 107 - 1014 photons/(cm2 x s) (depending on energy) |
Features irradiation in ambient air |
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Level 3 SEE testing: Ion Beams
Centre for Accelerator Science
Source Type | Protons beams Heavier ions beams |
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Energy spectrum | Protons: up to 15 MeV Heavier ions: up to ~120MeV, depending on ion type |
LET(Si) | Protons: 0.02 - 0.2 MeV.cm2/mg Heavier ions: 0.2 - 45 MeV.cm2/mg, depending on ion type |
Range(Si) | Protons: 15 - 2000 µm Heavier ions: 1 - 100 µm, depending on ion type |
Flux | 104 - 1012 particles/(cm2 x s) |
Low rate regime | 50 Hz - 50kHz |
High current regime | pA to µA |
Features irradiation in vacuum |
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Features irradiation in ambient air |
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