Published April 1992
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Journal article
A low-cost multichannel analyzer with data reduction assembly for continuous air monitoring system
Creators
- 1. Dept. of Electronics Engineering Technology, Texas A and M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)
- 2. Los Alamos National Lab., Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Description
This paper reports on a microcontroller-based multichannel analyzer (MCA) with a data reduction assembly (DRA) for a plutonium continuous air monitor (CAM) system. The MCA is capable of detecting the airborne alpha emitters in the presence of radon daughter products. The pulse output from the preamplifier has been stretched to allow the peak detector sufficient time to capture the pulse height. The pulse amplitude conversion, the data acquisition, and the output functions are carried out fully by software. The DRA consists of a data reduction unit (DRU) and its operator interface panel. The data reduction assembly has the ability to be networked to a single PC with up to 332 different CAM's remotely connected to it
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
- Journal Volume
- 39
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Series
- IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.
- Journal Page Range
- 299-302
- ISSN
- 0018-9499
- CODEN
- IETNA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 23074734
- Subject category
- S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; S42: ENGINEERING; S99: GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS;
- Descriptors DEI
- AIR POLLUTION MONITORING; ALPHA PARTICLES; AMPLIFIERS; COST; DATA PROCESSING; DAUGHTER PRODUCTS; DESIGN; FABRICATION; MICROCOMPUTERS; MULTI-CHANNEL ANALYZERS; PLUTONIUM; PULSES; RADON; RESEARCH PROGRAMS
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTINIDES; CHARGED PARTICLES; COMPUTERS; DIGITAL COMPUTERS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ELEMENTS; EQUIPMENT; HELIUM IONS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; IONS; ISOTOPES; METALS; MONITORING; NONMETALS; PULSE ANALYZERS; RADIATIONS; RARE GASES; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS