AccuStar AT 100 Alpha Track Test Kit / Long Term 3-12 Months / Radon Gas Testing

Contains a single test device, instructions, and laboratory analysis. Pre addressed shipping box and postage are included. Results are available the next business day upon receipt by Laboratory.

Used for long term measurements lasting 3 - 12 months. A long-term test is the best way to determine your exposure to Radon during different seasons and living conditions in your home.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has verified this product for accurate radon measurement. NEHA & NRPP listed.

How to Test

If your home has a basement, open and place the canister anywhere in the basement. Do not place the canister in a garage, root cellar, crawl space or sump pump pit. If your house does not have a basement, place the open canister in the lowest livable level of your home in any room except the bathroom, kitchen, laundry room or porch. If testing more than one area of your home, place the other canister in a frequently used living area.

Do not expose the canister to noticeable drafts such as near a window, fireplace or open door. Canister should be placed at least 2 feet above the floor, at least 1 foot away from exterior walls, at least 4 inches away from other objects and at least 3 feet away from windows, doors or other openings. Do not place in cupboard, closet, drawer, etc. Canister should be exposed to the air people breathe.

Cut or tear the pouch open and remove the Alpha track detector. Do not remove the cover of the test device. Expose to room air for a period of 3 months to 1 year. Three months should be the minimum for this type of test. When exposure time is complete, place the testing device into the U.S. postage prepaid mailing envelope along with the information sheet and mail it.

Information You Will Provide

Name and address.

Serial number of the test device.

Start and end dates and times of the test.

Record the location in your home where the canister was exposed

Receiving the Results

Test results are available online the next business day afternoon after the lab receives the sample. Enter the serial number of the test and your test results will be displayed online and the full report can be emailed to you or displayed and printed out.

Test results are available through an automated phone system the next business day afternoon after the lab receives the sample.

Test results also mailed out the next business day. This can take 2-4 days in the US mail.

The lab must receive your sample within 8 calendar days. All test kits have return U.S. postage prepaid for first class US Mail and are to be delivered to Massachusetts. Generally, there is no problem in meeting this delivery timeframe, however if there are holiday weekends and you live on the west coast, Canada, Alaska, Hawaii, etc. or there are winter storms that may cause a delay in the US Postal Service, please consider sending the sample with US Priority Mail, which is a 2-3 day service.

How it Works

The 3-12 month Alpha Track radon test kit is a diffusion-based track detector. The current improved design filters out dust and radon progeny through a structural filter that is an integral part of the housing, resulting in increased sturdiness. The housing is injection molded from electrically conducting plastic in order to minimize electrical charge effects from the positively charged radon progeny generated inside the detector. The hemispherical base is designed to maximize sensitivity and create a more uniform track distribution for better counting statistics.

The track detector foil inside the housing is from dosimetry-grade CR-39 cast specifically for our Laboratory. The sheets of CR-39 are laser cut and engraved with a unique batch number. Each batch is calibrated and receives its own calibration factor. All sheets are also checked for background tracks.

Accustar Labs is the only Radon Testing Lab in the United States to use electrochemical etching to process its alpha track foils which are subsequently counted with computer-aided image analysis equipment. This kind of system was found superior to chemically etched alpha track radon testing.

All test kit foils are counted using a computer-aided image analysis system. The automated equipment is quite reproducible; rereads of the same group of foils have a mean within 2% of the original mean and coefficient of variation of 5%.

Closed house conditions are not necessary during a long term test. Leave the test device exposed for 91 days to 12 months under normal living conditions.

Features

Easy testing - simply remove testing device from sealed pouch and expose to the air for 3 months to 1 year. Place completed test device in shipping pouch and mail to the lab.

AccuStar Labs remains the only laboratory in the United States to use electrochemical etching to process its alpha track foils which are subsequently counted with computer-aided image analysis equipment. This kind of system was found superior to chemically etched alpha track radon detectors.

Complete testing instructions and information reporting sheet.

est results available 24 hrs. a day online and via automated phone the next business day afternoon after the lab receives the sample.

Test results also mailed out the next business day after receiving the sample.

Price includes laboratory analysis.

First Class U.S. postage prepaid return packaging. No return shipping costs to the lab.

AccuStar Labs is a certified National Radon Proficiency Program laboratory registered with the National Environmental Health Association and is registered with every US state that requires registration for Radon testing.

Returns

ALL SALES ARE FINAL. No returns will be accepted for these lab test kits. Should for any reason the lab test is not conducted within 8 days of you mailing the pre-addressed postage paid envelope to our lab, you will receive a full refund.