Gamin partable radiation meter with alarm threshold
Description
The Gamin Radiation meter is a direct reading, portable, battery-powered gamma doserate meter featuring alarm thresholds. Doserate is read on a micro-ammeter with a millirad-per-hour logarithmic scale, covering a range of 0,1 to 1000 millirads/hour. The instrument issues an audible warning signal when dose-rate level exceeds a threshold value, which can be selected. The detector tube is of the Geiger-Muller counter, energy compensated type. Because of its low battery drain, the instrument can be operated continously for 1000 hours. It is powered by four 1.5 volt alcaline batteries of the R6 type. The electronic circuitry is housed in a small lightweight case made of impact resistant plastic. Applications of the Gamin portable radiation monitor are found in health physics, safety departments, medical facilities, teaching, civil defense
Availability note (English)
MF available from INIS under the Report Number.Abstract (French)
Le debitmetre ''Gamin'' est un appareil portatif, alimente par piles, permettant une lecture directe du debit de dose, et possedant des seuils d'alarme. Le debit de dose est lu sur un microamperemetre, gradue suivant une echelle logarithmique de 4 decades, de 0,1 a 1000 millirads/heure. L'appareil delivre une alarme sonore, lorsque le niveau du debit de dose depasse un seuil selectionne. Le detecteur est un compteur Geiger-Muller, compense en energie. Grace a sa tres faible consommation, l'autonomie de l'appareil est superieure a 1000 heures d'utilisation continue, lorsqu'il est alimente par 4 piles alcalines de 1,5 volt, type R6. Le circuit electronique est inclus dans un boitier en matiere plastique, leger et de faible volume. Les applications de ce debitmetre a seuils, sont multiples (physique medicale, services de securite, enseignement, protection civile, etc...)Files
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Additional details
Additional titles
- Original title (French)
- Debimetre indicateur gamma miniature a seuils type Gamin
Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- 8 p.
- Report number
- CEA-CONF--6065
Conference
- Title
- Information meeting of the French Health Physics Society.
- Dates
- 15 Oct 1981.
- Place
- Loches, France.
INIS
- Country of Publication
- France
- Country of Input or Organization
- France
- INIS RN
- 13678462
- Subject category
- S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- ALARM SYSTEMS; DOSE RATEMETERS; DOSE RATES; GAMMA RADIATION; RADIATION MONITORS
- Descriptors DEC
- ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; IONIZING RADIATIONS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; RADIATIONS