This work was aimed to search for a correlation between outdoor 222Rn air concentration and 210Pb activity in particulate samples collected on a filter. The existence of a correlation could support the hypothesis that both 222Rn and its long-lived product 210Pb are embedded into the same air masses and undergo the same air transport phenomena. Lead-210 activity was determined by means of gamma-ray spectrometric measurement carried out a few days from the sampling whereas 222Rn concentration was measured through a commercial monitor. Experimental tests allowed to obtain a weak correlation between 222Rn and 210Pb air concentration as a preliminary result due to high uncertainties of outdoor 222Rn concentration measurements.
TOMARCHIO E (2018). An experimental search for a correlation between outdoor 222Rn concentration and 210Pb activity in air particulate samples. NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY & RADIATION PROTECTION, 33(1), 112-116 [10.2298/NTRP1801112T].
An experimental search for a correlation between outdoor 222Rn concentration and 210Pb activity in air particulate samples
TOMARCHIO E
2018-01-01
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This work was aimed to search for a correlation between outdoor 222Rn air concentration and 210Pb activity in particulate samples collected on a filter. The existence of a correlation could support the hypothesis that both 222Rn and its long-lived product 210Pb are embedded into the same air masses and undergo the same air transport phenomena. Lead-210 activity was determined by means of gamma-ray spectrometric measurement carried out a few days from the sampling whereas 222Rn concentration was measured through a commercial monitor. Experimental tests allowed to obtain a weak correlation between 222Rn and 210Pb air concentration as a preliminary result due to high uncertainties of outdoor 222Rn concentration measurements.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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