Title
Theoretical and experimental study of the LR-115 detector response in a non-commercial radon monitor
Date Issued
01 June 2020
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Elsevier Ltd
Abstract
B.trαcks, a simulation program for SSNTD's sensitivity, has been developed to study the response of LR-115 (cellulose nitrate) and CR-39 (poly allyl glycol carbonate) nuclear track detectors. Detectors are located inside detector holders and are used for radon measurements. The program incorporates a variety of special features gathered together to achieve good agreement between theoretical approach and experimental results. The input parameters to study the detector response are radon exposure, geometry and dimensions of a detector holder (it can be cylindrical, conical or semi-spherical), entrance type for radon gas, detector type, and V function (four different functions were selected from literature). The output results are detector response and radon progeny distribution onto internal chamber walls. In this article, the response of the LR-115, which is placed inside a non-commercial-conductive radon monitor based on diffusion chambers called G2, was theoretically and experimentally studied. The common Monte Carlo simulation procedure and an alternative approach that replicates how monitors are exposed to different radon exposures were used as theoretical approaches. Experimental methodology was conducted in a radon test chamber from Italy (MI.AM s.r.l.). Comparison results of both theoretical and experimental methodology are presented and discussed. One of the major results, among others, shows that the monitor material (conductive or non-conductive) does not influence the LR-115 response.
Volume
160
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Física nuclear Física y Astronomía
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85081064540
PubMed ID
Source
Applied Radiation and Isotopes
Resource of which it is part
Applied Radiation and Isotopes
ISSN of the container
09698043
Source funding
Sponsor(s)
This work was supported by the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP) ; and Fund for CONCYTEC number 236-2015 . The experimental data presented herein were obtained at the Mi.am s.r.l. facility. Special thanks go to Antonio Parravicini, Stefano Coria and Francesco Cortesi for their comments on this paper
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