Room air monitor for radioactive aerosols

Title: Room air monitor for radioactive aerosols

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A housing assembly for use with a room air monitor for simultaneous collection and counting of suspended particles includes a casing containing a combination detector-preamplifier system at one end, a filter system at the other end, and an air flow system consisting of an air inlet formed in the casing between the detector-preamplifier system and the filter system and an air passageway extending from the air inlet through the casing and out the end opposite the detector-preamplifier combination. The filter system collects suspended particles transported directly through the housing by means of the air flow system, and these particles are detected and examined for radioactivity by the detector-preamplifier combination. 2 figs.

Inventors:: Balmer, D.K.; Tyree, W.H.

Issue Date:: 1987-03-23

Research Org.:: Rockwell International Corp., Golden, CO (USA). Rocky Flats Plant

OSTI Identifier:: 6806896

Patent Number(s):: -US-A6028982

Assignee:: TIC; EDB-88-179409

DOE Contract Number:: AC04-76DP03533

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; AIR POLLUTION MONITORS; DESIGN; PARTICULATES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; AIR FILTERS; ALPHA PARTICLES; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INVENTIONS; RADIOACTIVE AEROSOLS; AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION; CHARGED PARTICLES; COLLOIDS; DISPERSIONS; EQUIPMENT; FILTERS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MONITORS; PARTICLES; POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT; SOLS 500200* -- Environment, Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)

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