Personal continuous air monitor

Morgan, R G; Salazar, S A

Title: Personal continuous air monitor

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This invention relates to a personal continuous air monitor capable of giving immediate warning of the presence of radioactivity. The monitor has a filter/detector head to be worn in the breathing zone of a user and it contains a filter mounted adjacent to radiation detectors, and a preamplifier. The filter/detector head is connected to a belt pack to be worn at the waist or on the back of a user. The belt pack contains a signal processor, batteries, a multichannel analyzer, a logic circuit, and an alarm. An air pump also is provided in the belt pack for pulling air through the filter/detector head by way of an air tube.d

Inventors:: Morgan, R G; Salazar, S A

Publication Date:: Tue Jan 04 00:00:00 EST 2000

Research Org.:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 20013261

Application Number:: Int. Cl. G08B 17/10; US 6,011,479/A/; 9-205,490; TRN: US0000987

Assignee:: LANL; EDB-00:006682

DOE Contract Number:: W-7405-ENG-36

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Other Information: PBD: 4 Jan 2000

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 44 INSTRUMENTATION; RADIATION MONITORS; RADIATION MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION MONITORING; DESIGN

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