Measurement of the Potassium Content of Different Food Samples with High Purity Germanium Detectors

Abt, Iris; Garbini, Lucia; Schulz, Oliver

dc.contributor.author	Abt, Iris
dc.contributor.author	Garbini, Lucia
dc.contributor.author	Schulz, Oliver
dc.date.accessioned	2016-09-13T08:55:05Z
dc.date.available	2016-09-13T08:55:05Z
dc.date.issued	2016-07
dc.identifier.citation	Detection, 2016, 4, 73-85	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/detection.2016.43010
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/912
dc.description.abstract	Measurements of the potassium content of samples of food, performed with High Purity Germanium detectors, are presented in this paper. The potassium content was measured by identifying the 1460 keV photons produced in the decay of the isotope 40K. Samples were selected, for which a high potassium content was expected. The measurements confirmed the expectations qualitatively, but not always quantitatively. Especially the expected dependence of the potassium content of chocolate on the listed percentage of cacao could not be confirmed.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Scientific Research Publishing	en_US
dc.subject	HPGe Detectors	en_US
dc.subject	Gamma Spectroscopy	en_US
dc.subject	Food Testing	en_US
dc.title	Measurement of the Potassium Content of Different Food Samples with High Purity Germanium Detectors	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US