Publication: Permeability of Noble Gases Through Kapton, Butyl, Nylon, and "Silver Shield"
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2010
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Schowalter, Steven, Colin B. Connolly, and John Doyle. 2010. Permeability of Noble Gases through Kapton, butyl, nylon, and "Silver Shield". Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 615(3): 267-271.
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Noble gas permeabilities and diffusivities of Kapton, butyl, nylon, and "Silver Shield" are measured at temperatures between 22 and 115 degrees C. The breakthrough times and solubilities at 22 degrees C are also determined. The relationship of the room temperature permeabilities to the noble gas atomic radii is used to estimate radon permeability for each material studied. For the noble gases tested, Kapton and Silver Shield have the lowest permeabilities and diffusivities, followed by nylon and butyl, respectively.
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noble gas, permeation, diffusion, radon, Kapton
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