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QUARTZ FIBER ELECTROSCOPES

Patent ·
OSTI ID:4314148

An instrument carried unobtrusively about the person such as in a finger ring to indicate when that person has been exposed to an unusual radiation hazard is described. A metallized quartz fiber is electrically charged to indicate a full scale reading on an etched glass background. The quartz fiber and the scale may be viewed through a magnifying lens for ease of reading. Incident radiation will ionize gaseous particles in the sealed structure thereby allowing the charge to leak off the quartz fiber with its resulting movement across the scale proportionally indicating the radiation exposure.

Research Organization:
Originating Research Org. not identified
NSA Number:
NSA-12-004630
Assignee:
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Patent Number(s):
US 2806960
OSTI ID:
4314148
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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