Exposimeters can be purchased online from by
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Exposimeters are a world-wide well-established procedure for measuring indoor radon concentrations.
Due to convenient handling and low costs this integrating long-term measuring procedure
is suitable for extensive measuring campaigns as well as for private customers at home.
The measuring range of approx. 15 Bq/m³ up to over 5.000 Bq/m³ enables the accurate determination
of all radon concentrations usually occurring in residential buildings.
The detector itself - a plastic film consisting of a polycarbonate foil (approx. 1 to 10 cm² in
size, approx. 0.1 to 1 mm thick) - is located inside the exposimeter housing.
Air containing radon diffuses through the housing into the measuring chamber; radon decay products,
dust and humidity are retained here. In addition, the sufficiently large diffusion resistance prevents
the intrusion of thoron (Rn-220; half-life: approx. 55 seconds). In the measuring chamber radon decays
emitting alpha particles into its so called radon daughters. These short-lived decay products are
alpha-emitters too. The alpha particles create microscopic tracks in the film, which are counted
in the laboratory. Afterwards, a specific radon concentration based on the number of the tracks, the
size of the detector and the exposure time is calculated.
The exposimeter is very easy to handle. It is working without an external or internal power supply. It is
not necessary, to change any settings or to read off any values.
It is recommended, to place two exposimeters in each house: One of them in the main living room in
the ground floor, the other one in the basement.
We offer exposimeters for long-term measurements (3 months until 1 year) and for
short time measurements (7 to 10 days).
Important note:
The decision for planning of remediation measures to reduce the radon concentration in
buildings should be exclusively based on long-term measurements.
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