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Re: PICs
Actually, 600 psi, or approximately 40 atmospheres. I got this value from
Gollnick's 3rd Edition of "Basic Radiation Protection Technology."
We have a Reuter-Stokes model pressurized to 25 atmospheres. I do not know the
composition of the chamber walls, however, the instrument's manual lists
gamma-ray sensitivities down to 60 keV.
Rodney Bauman
rodney_bauman@wssrap-host.wssrap.com
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Subject: RE: RE: Dose Rates vs. Altitude
Author: <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
Date: 12/02/1999 11:43 AM
I suspect you mean six atmospheres of pressure, not 600 psi. At 600 psi,
the walls of the chamber would have to be so thick as to render the
instrument useless at low to moderate energies. (Even at six atmospheres,
the lower energy spec on one commercial instrument is 60 KeV.)
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