GM Counts to Rads/Rems/Roentgens?

["Jack Earley" <jearley@enercon.com>]

I believe you were previously referred to Cember's "Introduction to Health

Physics," but I think that this exceeds your needs. I'd suggest you purchase

Gollnick's "Basic Radiation Protection Technology," which is a few dollars

cheaper through Amazon.com than from the author/publisher. It has a

reasonably good index that will allow you to extract bits of information

without having to learn all the detail.



Jack Earley

Radiological Engineer



Enercon Services, Inc.

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----- Original Message -----

> From: "William P. N. Smith" <wpns@compusmiths.com>

> To: <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>

> Sent: September 28, 2001 8:30 p.m.

> Subject: GM Counts to Rads/Rems/Roentgens?

>

>

> > Hi,

> >

> > The layman is back with another basic question:

> >

> > Is there an easy conversion between GM tube counts and the Three Rs in

the

> > subject line?  I suspect it depends on the geometry (capture area) of

the

> > tube, but I can't be sure.  I'm looking at pocket dosimeters, which seem

> to

> > be GM tubes coupled with microprocessor-based signal processing and

> display

> > hardware and firmware.

> >

> > Those who don't feel like laypersons should be asking basic questions in

> > this forum, please delete this now.  I'm just trying to get a

layperson's

> > handle on the various ways of measuring radiation, how the

instrumentation

> > works, and get to the point where I can deal with an 'unforeseen'

> radiation

> > release, should one happen in my area.

> >

> > Many thanks for the extremely helpful answers to my previous questions,

> and

> > many thanks in advance for any useful answers to this one!

> >

> > --

> > William Smith    wpns@compusmiths.com    N1JBJ@amsat.org

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