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Title: Use of a cadmium telluride detector in a new tiny personal radiation chirper

Abstract

By use of a CdTe crystal coupled to newly designed, low power electronics, we have developed a new personal radiation chirper that is superior to existing instruments. The device emits audible chirps or beeps at a rate proportional to the photon radiation exposure to the wearer. The device is small (6.2 cm high by 3.2 cm wide by 1.7 cm thick) and of low mass (50 grams) and is made to be clipped to the shirt collar of the wearer. The instrument has long continuous-use battery life and is sensitive over a large photon energy and exposure rate span.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
6436740
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-78-2697; CONF-781033-20
Journal ID: ISSN 0018--9499; TRN: 79-003178
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-36
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Journal Volume: 26; Journal Issue: 1; Conference: IEEE nuclear science symposium, Washington, DC, USA, 18 Oct 1978
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; CDTE SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; PERSONNEL DOSIMETRY; PERFORMANCE; SENSITIVITY; DOSIMETRY; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; RADIATION DETECTORS; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; 440101* - Radiation Instrumentation- General Detectors or Monitors & Radiometric Instruments; 440102 - Radiation Instrumentation- Radiation Dosemeters

Citation Formats

Wolf, M A, Umbarger, C J, and Entine, G. Use of a cadmium telluride detector in a new tiny personal radiation chirper. United States: N. p., 1978. Web. doi:10.1109/TNS.1979.4329726.
Wolf, M A, Umbarger, C J, & Entine, G. Use of a cadmium telluride detector in a new tiny personal radiation chirper. United States. https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.1979.4329726
Wolf, M A, Umbarger, C J, and Entine, G. 1978. "Use of a cadmium telluride detector in a new tiny personal radiation chirper". United States. https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.1979.4329726. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6436740.
@article{osti_6436740,
title = {Use of a cadmium telluride detector in a new tiny personal radiation chirper},
author = {Wolf, M A and Umbarger, C J and Entine, G},
abstractNote = {By use of a CdTe crystal coupled to newly designed, low power electronics, we have developed a new personal radiation chirper that is superior to existing instruments. The device emits audible chirps or beeps at a rate proportional to the photon radiation exposure to the wearer. The device is small (6.2 cm high by 3.2 cm wide by 1.7 cm thick) and of low mass (50 grams) and is made to be clipped to the shirt collar of the wearer. The instrument has long continuous-use battery life and is sensitive over a large photon energy and exposure rate span.},
doi = {10.1109/TNS.1979.4329726},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6436740}, journal = {},
issn = {0018--9499},
number = 1,
volume = 26,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1978},
month = {Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1978}
}

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