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William Dickter, M. A. Schultz
Nuclear Technology | Volume 12 | Number 2 | October 1971 | Pages 243-245
Technical Note | Radioisotope | doi.org/10.13182/NT71-A31033
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Early attempts to charge and collect dust particles by radiation ionization were unsuccessful because of the unavailability of suitable strength radiation sources and proper geometries. This paper describes a series of experiments using an ionization chamber precipitator which indicates that suitable charging can be obtained from a 165-Ci radioactive 60Co source. Collection efficiencies of 70% have been measured with a nonoptimum geometry. The measurements were made using high resistivity salt particles, aerosol formed, having a median diameter of 0.7μm. Theoretical considerations indicate that higher efficiencies can be obtained by changing electrode spacing in the ionization chamber precipitator.