%0 Journal Article
%T Measuring radon concentration in air using a diffusion cloud chamber
%A Cases, R.
%A Ros, E.
%A Zuñiga, J.
%J American Journal of Physics
%D 2011
%V 79
%N 9
%I Amer Assoc Physics Teachers Amer Inst Physics
%@ 0002-9505
%G English
%F Cases_etal2011
%O WOS:000294064300003
%O exported from refbase (https://references.ific.uv.es/refbase/show.php?record=724), last updated on Wed, 20 Nov 2019 15:07:51 +0000
%X Radon concentration in air is a major concern in lung cancer studies. A traditional technique used to measure radon abundance is the charcoal canister method. We propose a novel technique using a diffusion cloud chamber. This technique is simpler and can easily be used for physics demonstrations for high school and university students.
%K cloud chambers
%K diffusion
%K radiation effects
%K radon
%K student experiments
%R 10.1119/1.3591320
%U https://doi.org/10.1119/1.3591320
%P 903-908