Field comparison of several commercially available radon detectors
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11035654 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R William Field (0000-0002-4381-2063, University of Iowa), B C Kross |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 80 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 926-930 |
| Publication date | 1990-08-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.80.8.926 |
| PMID | 2368851 |
| OpenAlex | W2036275195 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
To determine the accuracy and precision of commercially available radon detectors in a field setting, 15 detectors from six companies were exposed to radon and compared to a reference radon level. The detectors from companies that had already passed National Radon Measurement Proficiency Program testing had better precision and accuracy than those detectors awaiting proficiency testing. Charcoal adsorption detectors and diffusion barrier charcoal adsorption detectors performed very well, and the latter detectors displayed excellent time averaging ability. Alternatively, charcoal liquid scintillation detectors exhibited acceptable accuracy but poor precision, and bare alpha registration detectors showed both poor accuracy and precision. The mean radon level reported by the bare alpha registration detectors was 68 percent lower than the radon reference level
Accuracy and precision · Charcoal · Detector · Geography · Liquid scintillation counting · Nuclear medicine · Nuclear physics · Optics · Physics · Radiochemistry · Radon · Remote sensing · Statistics · Chemistry · Environmental Science · Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies · Materials Science · Mathematics · Medicine · Nuclear and radioactivity studies · Radioactivity and Radon Measurements
| Citations per year | 0.08 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1990 - 1991 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |