The invention discloses a preparation method of a sealing type
gamma ray source in a radioactive density meter, which belongs to the technical field of radioactive
well logging. The method comprises the following steps: transferring isotopic elements into a source storage container in a state of a water solution of compounds thereof; controlling the total activity of the water solution of the isotopic element compounds in the source storage container between 30 and 70 mCi; adding water-soluble precipitating agents for precipitating compounds containing the isotopic elements; and sealing the source storage container in a sealed way after heating and
drying to obtain the sealed type
gamma ray source, wherein the
half life of the isotopic elements is shorter than 60 days, in addition, a
gamma ray with the energy between 0.1 and 1.4 Mev can be released through the disintegration, and at the same time, the disintegration mode accounts for 40 percent of the total disintegration of the isotopic elements. The gamma
ray energy of the sealing type gamma
ray source prepared by the invention is in the radioactive density meter sensing range in common use in the
well logging, the
half life is short, the environment
pollution is little, the sealing type gamma
ray source can directly replace the original 137 Cs density source on the radioactive density meter, and at the same time, the invention has the advantages of simplicity and easy implementation of production process, easy acquisition of raw materials and low cost, and has wide
market potential.