Characteristics of a Radon Diffusion Chamber with Electrical Collection Using Plastic Nuclear Track Detectors

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• Personal Author:
  Benton EV ; Frank AL
• Description:
  A portable radon diffusion chamber was tested with electrical collection of radon daughter nuclei for enhancement of sensitivity. The detector was small enough to be worn suspended from a belt. With a battery-supplied high voltage, the sensitivity was found to be 1.43 Tracks/cm2 per pci-h/l of ambient radon at 50% relative humidity. The track densities on the surfaces of the cr-39 plastic nuclear track detectors were found to be nonuniform, making the determinations of average densities with high accuracy difficult. The fabrication of electrets for use in the detector was investigated in accordance with published techniques with negative results. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Open File Report
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Conference Publications ; Final Contract Report
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRC - Denver Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-17
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10003527
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB84-184209
• Citation:
  NTIS: PB/84-184209 Available for Reference At Bureau of Mines Libraries; :1-17
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1983
• Performing Organization:
  Univ. of San Francisco
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  NTIS: PB/84-184209. Available for Reference At Bureau of Mines Libraries.
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:76105b0abf776ba5e3365ae1da9cb94d1fc86eaf0a117991552f7437977cd6ddc6760201d5b37cb6ce55a66e65f92d0e7a4a4687dbea6c82cde3e98fed894328
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/234461/cdc_234461_DS1.pdf
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