The program ESPEC for the analysis of gamma spectra of environmental samples

Abstract A set of programs coded in BASIC has been developed on a microcomputer to carry out the main tasks for the gamma spectrometric analysis of environmental samples, in particular transfer of spectra, detector efficiency calibrations, and activity calculations. It could be also easily adapted to the requirements of each laboratory.

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