Abstract

PENA-EGUILUZ, R.; GARCIA-HERNANDEZ, J. M.  and  RAMIREZ-JIMENEZ, F. J.. A continuous radon monitoring system based on a solid-state silicon detector. J. appl. res. technol [online]. 2007, vol.5, n.1, pp.3-9. ISSN 2448-6736.

This paper describes the design of a programmable stay-alone continuous radon monitoring system able to detect, count and store the amount of alpha particles with an energy of 5.49 MeV produced by the radioactive decay of environmental radon-222. It is included the electronic circuit design, the software development as well as the user interface and the hardware ensemble of all the system components.

Keywords : radon monitoring; microcontroller; alpha detector.