Energy Calibration and Inverse-Square Law of Radiation in Gamma-Ray Measurement Using a Scintillation Detector for Laboratory Experiments

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Sealed radioactive point source of ⁶⁰Co (a), the scintillation detector (b), the arrangement of the source and the scintillation detector (c), and the entire experimental setup (d). S denotes source, PMT denotes photomultiplier tube, HV denotes high voltage, and MCA denotes multichannel analyzer.

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