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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2-3
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-6-4
pubmed:abstractText
To better understand the influence of air parameters such as pressure, humidity and temperature on the counting efficiency of a radon monitor based on solid state silicon detectors and radon daughter electrostatic collection, a number of experimental and theoretical studies have been performed. This study has been carried out using a multiparameter acquisition system used to monitor radon, temperature, pressure and relative humidity. Results show that air humidity and temperature inside the cell influence radon daughter collection in a significant way. For the tested cell, a decrease of the 218Po counting efficiency vs. humidity and temperature increase was measured in the ranges from 10% to 90% and from 15 degrees C to 35 degrees C, respectively. These effects were also theoretically studied by using Monte-Carlo software, which takes into account electrostatic collection of radon daughters in the cell, by considering the recombination process as a function of climatic parameters. A satisfactory agreement was obtained between experimental measurements and theoretical calculations.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0969-8043
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
61
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
243-7
pubmed:articleTitle
The influence of environmental parameters in electrostatic cell radon monitor response.
pubmed:affiliation
Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università Federico II, Polo universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cintia, Napoli, Italy. roca@na.infn.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article