OBSERVATION OF THE TRAPPING OF RADIOACTIVE INERT-GAS RADON ON OXIDE GLASS SURFACES - MACROPOROUS SCINTILLATING-GLASS-FIBER BUNDLE ALPHA-DETECTOR

Authors
KIM IS APPLEBY A SIGEL GH
Citation
Is. Kim et al., OBSERVATION OF THE TRAPPING OF RADIOACTIVE INERT-GAS RADON ON OXIDE GLASS SURFACES - MACROPOROUS SCINTILLATING-GLASS-FIBER BUNDLE ALPHA-DETECTOR, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 390(3), 1997, pp. 419-422
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Particles & Fields","Instument & Instrumentation",Spectroscopy
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01689002
Volume
390
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
419 - 422
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1997)390:3<419:OOTTOR>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
We report the observation of the trapping of radioactive inert gas rad on (Rn-222) on oxide glass under ambient air temperature and pressure of 300 K and 760 Torr, respectively. Radon diffuses from the source, t hrough two macroporous scintillating-glass-fiber bundle alpha detector s in series, to the end of the linear closed system filled with ambien t air. The strategy is to provide radon atoms and alphas emitted from radon and its progeny with large accessible scintillating glass surfac e areas for efficient trapping and detection, respectively. Diffusion- only transport mechanism could not explain the experimental observatio ns, strongly suggesting the trapping of radioactive inert gas radon (R n-222) on oxide glass.