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Method To Measure Indoor Radon Concentration In An Open Volume With Geiger-Mueller Counters: Analysis From First Principles, Mark P. Silverman
Method To Measure Indoor Radon Concentration In An Open Volume With Geiger-Mueller Counters: Analysis From First Principles, Mark P. Silverman
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A simple method employing a pair of pancake-style Geiger-Mueller (GM) counters for quantitative measurement of radon activity concentration (activity per unit volume) is described and demonstrated. The use of two GM counters, together with the basic theory derived in this paper, permit the detection of alpha particles from decay of 222Rn and progeny ( 218 Po , 214 Po ) and the conversion of the alpha count rate into a radon concentration. A unique feature of this method, in comparison with standard methodologies to measure radon concentration, is the absence of a fixed control volume. Advantages afforded by the reported …
Method To Measure Indoor Radon Concentration In An Open Volume With Geiger-Mueller Counters: Analysis From First Principles, Mark P. Silverman
Method To Measure Indoor Radon Concentration In An Open Volume With Geiger-Mueller Counters: Analysis From First Principles, Mark P. Silverman
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A simple method employing a pair of pancake-style Geiger-Mueller (GM) counters for quantitative measurement of radon activity concentration (activity per unit volume) is described and demonstrated. The use of two GM counters, together with the basic theory derived in this paper, permit the detection of alpha particles from decay of 222Rn and progeny ( 218Po , 214 Po ) and the conversion of the alpha count rate into a radon concentration. A unique feature of this method, in comparison with standard methodologies to measure radon concentration, is the absence of a fixed control volume. Advantages afforded by the reported GM …