The elements of coffee This year around, we had a really great group of students working in the Course on Laboratory Excercises in Radiochemistry. That’s the reason we decided that, instead of doing the regular Neutron Activation Analysis example where we determine the elemental composition of ground coffee, we would go for something slightly more fun: With much skill, […]
A nostalgic exercise in radiation measurements This week I’m running the “Radiochemisches Praktikum” here at the Atominstitut. With only 5 students this week it has been a good experience and some interesting discussions. Our example today is a very nice one we’ve been using for quite a long time. Way back, Prof. Buchtela built a nuclide generator out of a steel […]
