Scintillation Counter

该提案要求为安装在UBC化学系的液体闪烁计数器提供资金。闪烁计数器可以通过测量α和β粒子的发射来计算样品中放射性物质的数量。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广泛应用于药物和帮助诊断疾病。任何现代化的实验室都必须遵守一切安全规定。对于那些处理放射性物质进行标记的实验室，必须遵守某些协议，以符合联邦和省的法律。“擦拭试验”是必须遵循的最简单的规程之一，它测量设备和使用同位素地点周围区域的残余放射性。这项测试必须按照指导方针进行，以确保准确记录放射性物质的使用情况。此申请是购买一个闪烁计数器，这是至关重要的知识在生物医学应用和工业相关研究的进步。

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.