Evaluation of the stability of radon concentration in a
radon chamber is a critical part of the quality controls of a radon
chamber to ensure the better performance. However, the existing
evaluation method focus on giving the relative percentage difference
between the individual observation value and the reference
average. This index only reflects the evaluation results of
short-term measurements and fails to provide available information
that reflects the long-term stability of observation data. This
paper presents a new evaluation method, Trend Analysis. The proposed
method allowed to give a quick response to trend changes and
abnormal results in observation data to find out the time interval
that required special concern. Two stability tests were conducted in
the HD-6 multi-functional radon chamber, and the results obtained
from this method application were presented. In two tests, the radon
concentration in the radon chamber was measured for 72 hours. The
first 24 hours of observation data were used to analyze the
stability, and the following 48 hours of observation data were used
to verify the analysis results. Compared with the existing method,
the evaluation method proposed in this paper increases the
recognition of trends in observation data, thereby further
predicting anomalies in subsequent data. Tests have proved that this
method is very useful for evaluating the stability of radon
concentration in a radon chamber.