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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Sahoo, B. K.
• Agarwal, T. K.
• Gaware, J. J.
• Sapra, B. K.

Titel

Thoron interference in radon exhalation rate measured by solid state nuclear track detector based can technique

Ist Teil von

• Journal of radioanalytical and nuclear chemistry, 2014-12, Vol.302 (3), p.1417-1420

Ort / Verlag

Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands

Erscheinungsjahr

2014

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This paper presents the extent of thoron ( 220 Rn) interference in the radon ( 222 Rn) exhalation rate, measured by solid state nuclear track detector based ‘Can’ technique. Experiments were carried out following the standard procedure of ‘Can’ technique as well as active technique as a reference method for 222 Rn and 220 Rn exhalation measurements. It was found that 220 Rn interference may lead to overestimation of 222 Rn exhalation by a significant factor which can be as high as 12 depending upon the rate of 220 Rn exhalation from samples.