Radiation Shielded Camera


 

Overview:

A sony cybershot DSC-P72 camera was shielded with lead and HDPE and sent through an industrial irradiator while viewing plastic and mineral samples. The plastics were used to produce lichtenberg figures.

The irradiation facility is the Mercury Plastics NeoBeam facility which is used for cross linking plastics. The accelerator can produce a 5MeV, 20mA electron beam which is scanned over a moving cart. These videos were of a Lichtenberg production run by Bert Hickman who sells the lichtenberg figures on his website: http://www.capturedlightning.com/

Veiw the next, better shielded version of this camera system: Radcam2

 

Radiation Shielded Camera (7/2/2013)

Approximately 1/16" lead sheet box protects camera from electron bombardment and secondary x-rays.

 

Radiation Shielded Camera (7/2/2013)

HDPE cap prevents direct electron bombardment to the box which would generate hard x-rays in close proximity to the camera.

 

 

Irradiator Run (7/2/2013)

Camera sent through irradiator.

 

More videos below

 

 

Radiation Shielded Camera (7/2/2013)

On irradiator cart.

 

 

NEO Beam facility (7/2/2013)

 

 

 

NEO Beam facility (7/2/2013)

Accelerator magnetic scan horn

 

NEO Beam facility (7/2/2013)

Accelerator magnetic scan horn

 

 

Irradiated calcite (7/2/2013)

Thermoluminescence of calcite

 

 

Irradiated calcite (7/2/2013)

Thermoluminescence of calcite

 

 

Lichtenberg figure (7/2/2013)

Lichtenberg figure in acrylic plastic

 

 

Irradiator Run (7/2/2013)

Camera sent through irradiator.

 

 

Irradiator Run (7/2/2013)

Camera sent through irradiator.

 

 

Irradiator Run (7/2/2013)

Camera sent through irradiator.

 

 

Irradiator Run (7/2/2013)

Camera sent through irradiator.

 

 

Irradiator Run (7/2/2013)

Camera sent through irradiator.

 

 

Irradiator Run (7/2/2013)

Camera sent through irradiator.

 

 

Irradiator Run (7/2/2013)

Camera sent through irradiator.

 

 

Irradiator Run (7/2/2013)

Camera sent through irradiator.

 

 

Irradiator Run (7/2/2013)

Camera sent through irradiator.

 

 

Irradiator Run (7/2/2013)

Camera sent through irradiator.

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 


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