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MyPart, An Open Source Portable Air Particle Counter

MyPart, An Open Source Portable Air Particle Counter

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One of the most harmful airborne pollutants with respect to human health is particulate matter. Air particle counters are used to determine the air quality by counting and sizing the number of particles in the air. This information is useful in determining the amount of particles inside a building or in the ambient air. It …

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Radioactivity detection using very simple ionization chamber

Radioactivity detection using very simple ionization chamber

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Today I will show a very simple ionization chamber that can detect radioactivity. I was able to detect with it ionizing radiation from a smoke detector (Am241 isotope). It’s also immune to electromagnetic interference (EMI) due to a good shielding. This device doesn’t explicitly use any power supply. It’s connected to a multimeter set to …

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