Influence of the presence of humidity, ambient aerosols and thoron on the detection responses of electret radon monitors

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 111-115

  Sorimachi, Atsuyuki ^a   Takahashi, Hiroyuki ^a   Tokonami, Shinji ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ambient aerosols; Electret; Humidity; Radon; Thoron

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ELECTRETS; HUMIDITY CONTROL; METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE; POLYETHERIMIDES;

AMBIENT AEROSOLS; CONVERSION FACTORS; ELECTRET; HUMIDITY; LINEAR CORRELATIONS; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; RADON CONCENTRATIONS; RADON MONITORS; RELATIVE STANDARD DEVIATIONS; THORON; THORON CHAMBERS; VOLTAGE DROPS;

RADON;

EID: 60249084452     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2008.10.009     Document Type: Article

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