Real Background Spectra

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This is a set of six spectra of materials from different environments, different labs and different detectors. There are no expected peak or activity values to aim for. They are simply background spectra to see how your spectrum analysis can cope. They range from 3k to 145k seconds live time.

They would be suitable spectra to use for real backgrounds for creating SpecMaker test spectra.

Clicking on the item on the right will download the file your normal download destination.

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This website was created by Dr Gordon Gilmore for the benefit of readers of Practical Gamma-Ray Spectrometry (3rd Edition).
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