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Device and method for counting elementary particles emitted by a fluid in a conduit

  • US 7,821,248 B2
  • Filed: 12/21/2007
  • Issued: 10/26/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2007
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A device for counting elementary particles emitted by a fluid, the device comprising a line for transferring the fluid and, placed outside said line, counters for capturing and counting the elementary particles which are attenuated by a wall of said line and/or by the fluid before they reach said counter, the device including at least one counting portion of oblong cross section which joins together two adjacent portions of this line and which has an internal height (h)/internal width (l) ratio of 20% or less, in which the internal height and the internal width represent the smallest and largest transverse dimensions respectively of said counting portion, these being measured along two approximately perpendicular directions, said counters extending outside this portion transversely to said counting portion, facing its entire internal width and on either side thereof.

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