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Career Path => Radiation Safety => Topic started by: gratefulkarma on Aug 18, 2010, 12:44

Title: radon progeny
Post by: gratefulkarma on Aug 18, 2010, 12:44

what in the sam-hel* is "pseudo-coincidence" counters in reference to determining radon progeny?...and should I ever care?...

Title: Re: radon progeny
Post by: Marlin on Aug 18, 2010, 03:51

 beta to alpha ratio or pseudocoincidence compensation techniques

http://www.berthold.com/ww/en/pub/strahlenschutz/applikationen/rpapppart.cfm

http://rpd.oxfordjournals.org/content/63/2/133.abstract

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Title: Re: radon progeny
Post by: gratefulkarma on Aug 18, 2010, 05:20

thanks gentlemen...I wouldn't say I was "working" yet...

Title: Re: radon progeny
Post by: mostlyharmless on Aug 20, 2010, 08:15

Its especially relevant if you work with airborn alpha like Pu 238/239.