emanometer

From Glossary of Meteorology
An instrument for the measurement of the radon content of the atmosphere.

Radon is removed from a sample of air by condensation or adsorption on a surface, and is then placed in an ionization chamber and its activity determined.

(Symbol Rn.) A radioactive gas, atomic number 86, atomic weight 222; an inert gaseous element with the property of emitting highly ionizing alpha particles during its radioactive disintegration, which makes it important in the atmospheric ion economy.

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