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AccuStar Radon in Water Test Kit
Testing Procedure
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- Remove the aerator from the
faucet if one is attached.
- Allow cold water to run long
enough until water is flowing from the source and not a
holding tank or sitting in pipes. This could take as long as
10 minutes minutes.
- Remove glass vial from box
and retain box for return mailing.
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- Place bowl in sink and fill
bowl with cold water.
- Place faucet below water
line to prevent air from entering water or creating
splashing and bubbles.
- Allow water to overflow
bowl.
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- Collect a sample of water in
such a way as to minimize aeration to reduce the loss of
radon from the sample.
- Immerse the vial and cap
open side up and fill the vial underwater tapping to remove
air bubbles.
- Replace the vial's cap while
the vial is underwater.
- Lift the vial out of the
water and turn upside down to check for any air spaces. If
there are any air bubbles, empty the vial and try again.
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- Fill out the information
sheet with name, address, vial number, date and time the
sample was collected.
- Place the sample in the
original box and packaging.
- Mail the sample to the lab
immediately in the U.S. postage prepaid shipping box.
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Information Form Recording
- Analyzing the Results
- A standard
boro-silicate glass VOA sample collection vial with Teflon sepa cap is
used for sample collection. In the laboratory, a measured aliquot of the
water sample is mixed with scintillation cocktail in a glass test vial.
Radon preferentially dissolves into the cocktail over a period of
several hours. The vial is then placed in a shielded chamber for
counting. Alpha particles emitted by the breakdown products of Radon
create scintillations, or flashes of light, in the cocktail.
A
photo-multiplier tube detects these scintillation's, the signal is
electronically enhanced and the effect of the alpha particles are
counted. Background counts are subtracted and the net counts are entered
into a formula with other relevant data yielding quantitative results
stated in picoCuries per Liter (pCi/L).
Receiving the Results
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Test results
are available online the next business day afternoon after the
lab receives the sample. Click here for
AccuStar Lab Test Results and enter the serial number of
the test. Your test results will be displayed online and the
full report can be emailed to you or displayed and printed out.
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Test results
are available through an automated phone system the next
business day afternoon after the lab receives the sample. Please
call 888 404-3144 and input the serial number of the test
into the touchtone phone keypad. A voice message will provide
your test results.
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Test results also mailed out the
next business day. This can take 2-4 days in the US mail.
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NOTE: 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.
Features
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Easy testing -
simply fill a glass vial with tap water and send to the lab.
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Uses
the Liquid Scintillation method for analysis and accurate results.
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Complete testing
instructions and information reporting sheet.
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Test results
available online and via automated phone the next business day afternoon
after the lab receives the sample.
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Test results also
mailed out the next business day after receiving the sample.
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Price includes
laboratory analysis.
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First Class
U.S. postage prepaid return packaging.
No return shipping costs to the lab.
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AccuStar 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.
- Radon in
Water Test
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- Price:
$27.95
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