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7 - The hand-held detector

A project log for Open Radiation Detector

Quickly identify radioactive materials with a pocket-sized ion chamber. Built from standard parts for easy manufacture and low cost.

carlos-garcia-sauraCarlos Garcia Saura 10/11/2017 at 00:150 Comments

This project provides two different things: a new design of manufacture-friendly ion chamber, and also a proof-of-concept device that demonstrates its sensitivity to radiation.

From the start, the idea has been to create a hand-held detector that can be used to check if an object is radioactive or not.

The sketch on the left was made at the start of the project. Next to it you can see the latest design :-)

As mentioned in the previous log entry, the ion chamber design has been modified to have a positive electrode that is smaller and placed in central position.
Next entries will show more details on the schematic.

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