Low-Cost Radon Detector with Low-Voltage Air-Ionization Chamber
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F62690094%3A18470%2F19%3A50015682" target="_blank" >RIV/62690094:18470/19:50015682 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/19/17/3721" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/19/17/3721</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s19173721" target="_blank" >10.3390/s19173721</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Low-Cost Radon Detector with Low-Voltage Air-Ionization Chamber
Original language description
This paper describes the design of a low-cost radon detector that can easily be fabricated in large quantities for the purposes of earthquake prediction. The described detector can also be used for monitoring radon levels in houses because high radon levels pose a great health risk. A very simple air-ionization chamber for alpha particles was used, considering the experimental results. Chamber current-sensing circuitry is also suggested, and an Internet of Things (IoT) sensor grid is described. The main advantages of this detector are the low cost, low power consumption, and complete elimination of high-voltage power sources. The minimum detectable activity achieved with the proposed detector for one measurement was around 50 Bq⋅m−3 , with time of measurement comparable to that featured on commercial devices, while the price of the described detector is one order of magnitude lower.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
20201 - Electrical and electronic engineering
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
O - Projekt operacniho programu
Others
Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Sensors
ISSN
1424-8220
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
19
Issue of the periodical within the volume
17
Country of publishing house
CH - SWITZERLAND
Number of pages
10
Pages from-to
"Article Number: 3721"
UT code for WoS article
000486861900091
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85071764816