For a passive radon detector of Solid State Nuclear Track Detector(SSNTD),the measurement results can be affected under an environment of high humidity.In order to correct this kind of measurement errors,experiments i...For a passive radon detector of Solid State Nuclear Track Detector(SSNTD),the measurement results can be affected under an environment of high humidity.In order to correct this kind of measurement errors,experiments in normal radon laboratory were performed.The track films were etched in 6.25 mol/L NaOH solution at 70°C for 12 h,and rinsed with water for 6 h.The experiment results show that calibration factor of the SSNTD decreased with increasing humidity,because of increased stopping power of the moisture-absorbed film surface to αparticles.Therefore,the calibration factor K should be corrected from the calculated result.展开更多
文摘For a passive radon detector of Solid State Nuclear Track Detector(SSNTD),the measurement results can be affected under an environment of high humidity.In order to correct this kind of measurement errors,experiments in normal radon laboratory were performed.The track films were etched in 6.25 mol/L NaOH solution at 70°C for 12 h,and rinsed with water for 6 h.The experiment results show that calibration factor of the SSNTD decreased with increasing humidity,because of increased stopping power of the moisture-absorbed film surface to αparticles.Therefore,the calibration factor K should be corrected from the calculated result.
基金Acknowledgements: This research was supported in part by the Nature Science Foundation of China (No. 60473029) and the Open foundation of Beijing Institute of Electronic Science and Technology. The authors would like to thank WANG Bao-cang, QUAN Yi-ning, DONG Li-hua and CHEN Jie for their critical review of the manuscript.