TY - JOUR
T1 - A radon personal dosemeter for miners
AU - Bartlett, DT
AU - Browne, CW
AU - Gilvin, Philip
AU - Dixon, DW
AU - Miles, JC H.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1986
Y1 - 1986
N2 - A radon personal dosemeter has been developed for use in mines. The dosemeter is simple, cheap, robust, disposable and indelibly numbered. The operation principle is that of a radon diffusion chamber, which principle has been established both experimentally and theoretically. The dosemeter is an enclosure which excludes radon progeny and detritus whilst allowing access of radon gas. The alpha particles from the decay of radon gas, and from radon progeny, which are, in the main, plated out on the detector and on the dosemeter walls, are registered in a piece of poly allyl diglycol carbonate (PADC). The number of alpha particle tracks recorded is proportional to the time integral of the radon gas concentration external to the dosemeter.
AB - A radon personal dosemeter has been developed for use in mines. The dosemeter is simple, cheap, robust, disposable and indelibly numbered. The operation principle is that of a radon diffusion chamber, which principle has been established both experimentally and theoretically. The dosemeter is an enclosure which excludes radon progeny and detritus whilst allowing access of radon gas. The alpha particles from the decay of radon gas, and from radon progeny, which are, in the main, plated out on the detector and on the dosemeter walls, are registered in a piece of poly allyl diglycol carbonate (PADC). The number of alpha particle tracks recorded is proportional to the time integral of the radon gas concentration external to the dosemeter.
KW - CR39
KW - PADC
KW - Solid state track detector
KW - electrochemical etching
KW - personal dosemeter
KW - radon
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U2 - 10.1016/1359-0189(86)90688-6
DO - 10.1016/1359-0189(86)90688-6
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:50849153409
SN - 1359-0189
VL - 12
SP - 721
EP - 724
JO - International Journal of Radiation Applications and Instrumentation. Part
JF - International Journal of Radiation Applications and Instrumentation. Part
IS - 1-6
ER -