Portable nuclear moisture-density gauge with low activity nuclear sources
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Aug 23, 1988
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Feb 12, 1987
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The nuclear moisture-density gauge of the present invention employs a low activity neutron radiation source and a low activity gamma radiation source. In order to achieve more accurate density measurements at the relatively low count rates which results from the use of a low activity gamma source, the present invention is provided with means for generating a correction signal which is a function of the moisture content of the test material and which represents the amount of gamma radiation emitted from the test material resulting from the neutron capture reaction due to the presence of neutron capture elements, such as hydrogen, present in the test material. This correction signal is applied to the uncorrected density signal obtained from the gauge to thereby obtain a corrected density measurement which is unaffected by background gamma radiation caused by the presence of neutron capture elements in the test material. The gauge is also provided with means for correcting naturally occurring background gamma radiation from the test material.
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