Radiation Sample Holder
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Published on July 3, 2012
Description
Holder for disk radiation samples as available on the internet. The samples are 25mm in diameter and somewhat less than 3mm thick. The holder allows the disks to be securely clamped in position. The hole through the holder allows the radiation to exit without obstruction.
Instructions
This was my first 3D printing project. We built it by rotating the holder so that it stood on its edge. Support approximately 3mm thick was generated to hold the long handle in place. (I left the support. It allows the additional option of the sample being held on a surface without the need of a clamp.)
The design should fit on a 10cm by 10cm build surface on a scale of 1 unit equals 1 mm. It was generated from plastic wire to give it resiliance. It was a great success. The sample disk is not perfectly centered around the exit hole but the embedded radioactive material is well within the exit hole so the holder works very well.
The design should fit on a 10cm by 10cm build surface on a scale of 1 unit equals 1 mm. It was generated from plastic wire to give it resiliance. It was a great success. The sample disk is not perfectly centered around the exit hole but the embedded radioactive material is well within the exit hole so the holder works very well.
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Radiation Sample Holder by thyrsus is licensed under the Attribution - Share Alike - Creative Commons license.
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nice idea, i made a sparkfun.com rad detector using labview for the interface and an americium slug from an old smoke detector to test it. see the instructable.com