DocumentCode
833552
Title
"Fungi" - A Radon Measuring Instrument with Fast Response
Author
Negro, Vincent C. ; Watnick, Sidney
Author_Institution
U. S. Department of Energy Environmental Measurements Laboratory New York, New York 10014
Volume
25
Issue
1
fYear
1978
Firstpage
757
Lastpage
761
Abstract
The FUNGI uses an electrostatic field to collect the daughter products of radon decay, and a solid state detector to resolve the energies of radium A (218po) and radium C´ (214po) alpha particles. This permits a great degree of flexibility in the measurement of radon and radon daughters. In addition, by limiting the instrument response to the radium A channel only, the response to changes in radon concentration of this instrument is ten times faster than other instruments, making it suitable for radon survey applications.
Keywords
Detectors; Electrostatic measurements; Energy measurement; Equations; Filters; Fungi; Instruments; Pollution measurement; Sampling methods; Solid state circuits;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9499
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TNS.1978.4329405
Filename
4329405
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