ICARE Radon Calibration Device

An aerodynamic calibration device called ICARE is briefly described. ICARE is currently being used at the Nuclear Research Center of Saclay in France for the certification of instruments employed in measurement of artificial radioactive particulate airborne contamination. ICARE is essentially a blow...

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Main Author: Zettwoog, P.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: [Gaithersburg, MD] : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology 1990
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4930041/
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spelling pubmed-49300412017-02-08 ICARE Radon Calibration Device Zettwoog, P. Article An aerodynamic calibration device called ICARE is briefly described. ICARE is currently being used at the Nuclear Research Center of Saclay in France for the certification of instruments employed in measurement of artificial radioactive particulate airborne contamination. ICARE is essentially a blower. Aerosols calibrated in size and labelled with 137Cs or 239Pu are injected in the mainstream of the blower upstream of the test section. [Gaithersburg, MD] : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology 1990 /pmc/articles/PMC4930041/ /pubmed/28179768 http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/jres.095.017 Text en https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ The Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology is a publication of the U.S. Government. The papers are in the public domain and are not subject to copyright in the United States. Articles from J Res may contain photographs or illustrations copyrighted by other commercial organizations or individuals that may not be used without obtaining prior approval from the holder of the copyright.
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title ICARE Radon Calibration Device
title_short ICARE Radon Calibration Device
title_full ICARE Radon Calibration Device
title_fullStr ICARE Radon Calibration Device
title_full_unstemmed ICARE Radon Calibration Device
title_sort icare radon calibration device
description An aerodynamic calibration device called ICARE is briefly described. ICARE is currently being used at the Nuclear Research Center of Saclay in France for the certification of instruments employed in measurement of artificial radioactive particulate airborne contamination. ICARE is essentially a blower. Aerosols calibrated in size and labelled with 137Cs or 239Pu are injected in the mainstream of the blower upstream of the test section.
publisher [Gaithersburg, MD] : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology
publishDate 1990
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4930041/
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