Scintillation Counter

这项提案要求为在不列颠哥伦比亚大学化学系安装液体闪烁计数器提供资金。闪烁计数器可以通过测量α粒子和β粒子的发射量来计算样品中的放射性物质的数量。该仪器的主要研究用途将是帮助验证放射性标记分子(其中一个或多个原子具有放射性的分子)的成功合成。这些类型的分子在医学上被广泛用作药物和帮助诊断疾病。任何现代化的实验室都必须遵守所有的安全规定。对于那些处理用于标签的放射性材料的实验室，必须遵守某些协议，以同时符合联邦和省的法律。在“擦拭测试”中必须遵循的最简单的方案之一，该测试测量设备和使用同位素的位置周围的区域的残余放射性。必须根据指南进行这项测试，以确保准确记录放射性材料的使用情况。这一应用是为了购买闪烁计数器，该计数器对生物医学应用以及工业相关研究方面的知识进步至关重要。

This proposal requests funding for a liquid scintillation counter to be installed in the Department of Chemistry at UBC. Scintillation counters allow counting of the amount of radioactive material in a sample by measuring the emission of alpha and beta particles. The principle research use of this instrument will be to help verify the successful synthesis of radio-labeled molecules (molecules in which one or more atoms is radioactive). These types of molecules are widely-used in medicine both as drugs and to help diagnose disease. Any modern laboratory must comply with all safety regulations. For those laboratories that handle radioactive materials for labeling, certain protocols must be followed to be in compliance with both Federal and Provincial laws. One of the simplest protocols that must be followed in the "wipe test", which measures residual radioactivity of equipment and the area surrounding the location of where isotopes were used. This test must be done according to guidelines to ensure that an accurate record is kept of use of radioactive materials. This application is to purchase a scintillation counter that is crucial to the advancement of knowledge in both biomedical applications as well as industrially relevant research.