CALIBRATION FACTOR FOR LR-115 TYPE-II TRACK DETECTORS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RADON MEASUREMENTS

Authors
SRIVASTAVA DS SINGH P RANA NPS NAQVI AH AZAM A RAMACHANDRAN TV RAMU MCS
Citation
Ds. Srivastava et al., CALIBRATION FACTOR FOR LR-115 TYPE-II TRACK DETECTORS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RADON MEASUREMENTS, Nuclear geophysics, 9(5), 1995, pp. 487-495
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary","Mining & Mineral Processing","Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology
Journal title
Nuclear geophysics → ACNP
ISSN journal
09698086
Volume
9
Issue
5
Year of publication
1995
Pages
487 - 495
Database
ISI
SICI code
0969-8086(1995)9:5<487:CFFLTT>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
This paper presents the experimental calibration of LR-115 type II pla stic track detectors for monitoring environmental radon. The detectors were calibrated using a standard radon chamber and simulating the env ironmental conditions as normally found in dwellings. The value of the calibration factor was found to be 625 tracks cm(-2) d(-1) per WL in the BARE mode and 0.116 tracks cm(-2) d(-1) per Bq m(-3) for cup with membrane mode. Results of measurements of radon and its daughters in B ijnor (India) are also presented.