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In order The () used a sample of Cesium-137 to determine the age of
two a sample of Cesium-137
samples, with unknown age. Since our program had previously been calibrated, we kept the same settings used from our calibration results and performed the experiment on
the two different Cesium-137 samples, one at a time.
We had to do one The data for the spectral distributions were collected separately since the number of gamma rays observed at
a time because if we did both samples together, their intensity would just add, and there would various energies should be
no way to tell which different depending on the age of the sample. Specifically, we expect an older sample
produced what intensity. to be less active, so the number of gamma rays for () should be smaller. Both samples
were placed
on the slot second $2 \textrm{cm}$ away from the
top in the scintillator.
Sample one (the The younger
sample) sample, $S_{1}$ started out with $5 \mu \textrm{Curies}$ and
had a published date of activation. We were able was known to
find out that sample one is be 211 months (17.583 years)
old because we know the half life of Cesium-137, 30.2 years. old.
\ar Both samples were measured for the same amount of time in order to get the best comparison of data.
Had If one sample
had been
measured observed for a longer period of
time, time than the other, it is possible that the
intensity number of gamma rays () would have
increased and increased, thus () our prediction of the
final results would be incorrect. After taking age of the
spectrum data for both samples, it was sample. It is clear
that one spectra was younger (sample one) because the whole spectra had higher intensity values than than from the
older sample (sample two). This happens because graph of the
younger sample has more radioactive material to create gamma rays, spectral distribution for $S_{1}$ and
$S_{2}$, shown in Figure (), that the
younger it is, the more Cesium-137 there second sample is
to produce significant older, since the number of gamma
rays. Also, sample two started out with only $1 \mu \textrm{Curie}$, so there would have been less rays observed () is significantly smaller than the number of gamma rays
in general. observed for (). Figure \ref{fig:Sample_one_Peak} shows the younger sample in blue (much higher intensity) and Figure \ref{fig:Sample_Two_Peak} the older sample in orange.
From this graph, it is clear that the samples are very different in age, but sample one is has a higher intensity because it started out with more Cesium-137.