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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Investigation of the Performance of Various Low-Cost Radon Monitors under Variable Environmental Conditions.

Daniel Rábago, Enrique Fernández, Santiago Celaya, Ismael Fuente, Alicia Fernández, Jorge Quindós, Raúl Rodriguez, Luis Quindós, Carlos Sainz

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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9 authors.

Daniel RábagoLaboratory of Environmental Radioactivity (LaRUC), University of Cantabria, 39011 Santander, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-2285-8767
Enrique FernándezLaboratory of Environmental Radioactivity (LaRUC), University of Cantabria, 39011 Santander, Spain.
Santiago CelayaLaboratory of Environmental Radioactivity (LaRUC), University of Cantabria, 39011 Santander, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-2777-4781
Ismael FuenteLaboratory of Environmental Radioactivity (LaRUC), University of Cantabria, 39011 Santander, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-7757-8511
Alicia FernándezLaboratory of Environmental Radioactivity (LaRUC), University of Cantabria, 39011 Santander, Spain.
Jorge QuindósLaboratory of Environmental Radioactivity (LaRUC), University of Cantabria, 39011 Santander, Spain.
Raúl RodriguezSiglo 21 Consultores S.L., Av. Rosalía Castro, 94, Perillo, 15172 A Coruña, Spain.
Luis QuindósLaboratory of Environmental Radioactivity (LaRUC), University of Cantabria, 39011 Santander, Spain.
Carlos SainzLaboratory of Environmental Radioactivity (LaRUC), University of Cantabria, 39011 Santander, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-2029-4512

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A comparison of low-cost radon monitors was conducted at the Laboratory of Natural Radiation (LNR). The monitors we evaluated were EcoQube, RadonEye, RadonEye Plus2, Spirit, ViewPlus, ViewRadon and WavePlus. An AlphaGUARD monitor calibrated at the Laboratory of Environmental Radioactivity of the University of Cantabria (LaRUC), accredited for testing and calibration according to ISO/IEC 17025, provided the reference value of radon concentration. The temporal stability of the monitors was studied, obtaining a percentage of missing records ranged from 1% to 19% of the data. The main technical characteristics studied were temporal stability, measurement ranges, accuracy, correlation and response time. The main results show that the measurement ranges align with those specified by their manufacturers, with percentage differences with respect to the reference monitor of between 5% and 16%. The diversity found for response time is remarkable, with values ranging from 1 to 15 h, with Pearson correlation factors between 0.63 and 0.90.

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intercomparisonlow-cost radon monitorresponse time

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PMID38544099
PMCPMC10975208

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