Sampling and Recording Dose Rate Meter.

Abstract

A wide range radiation dose rate for civil defense use, including a Geiger-Mueller tube used in a continuous counting mode and for measuring dose rates from the natural background to about 30. rads/hr., with an ion chamber arranged to measure higher dose rates up to 10,000 rads/hr. The instrument has a sample and record capability in which the selected radiation detector will have its output connected to a selected storage capacitor for a precise interval of time determined by a timing circuit and the storage capacitor will accumulate and hold a voltage proportional to the dose rate, which can be read by means of an electrometer at a later time. The instrument has a self contained hand cranked power supply and all components are selected for long shelf life. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 06, 1984
Accession Number
ADD011001

Entities

People

  • S. Kronenberg

Organizations

  • United States Army

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Capacitors
  • Civil Defense
  • Detectors
  • Dose Rate
  • Ionization Chambers
  • Power Supplies
  • Radiation
  • Shelf Life
  • Storage
  • Timing Circuits
  • Warning Systems

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Solar Physics