Radiometric analysis of some building materials using gamma-ray spectrometry

Thangam, V.; Rajalakshmi, A.; Chandrasekaran, A.; Jananee, B.

doi:10.1007/s10967-020-07175-9

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“…Inhaling Radon and its short-lived daughter radionuclides cause internal exposure and may cause radiation diseases (Thangam et al, 2020). These progenies are high-energy alpha emitters (8.87 MeV, 212 Po), and atoms of heavy elements in the solid state get attached to the aerosols and enter the lungs through the respiratory system damaging the inner cells of the respiratory system, which may cause lung cancer.…”

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Radon and thoron exhalation rate in the soil of Western Haryana, India

Rani

Kundu

Garg

et al. 2023

Environ Monit Assess

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This study, reports the exhalation rates of radon and thoron from surface soil collected from 60 rural sites of district Hisar, Haryana, India. The exhalation rates of Rn 222 (Radon)& Rn 220 (Thoron) were measured by portable SMART RnDuo (AQTEK SYSTEMS) using a mass accumulation chamber which is equipped with a scintillation material coated cell. Dose rate due to Natural gamma radiations ranged 0.526 to 1.139 mSv y − 1 . The Rn 222 mass exhalation rate in soil samples varied from 0.14 to 94.65 mBq kg − 1 h − 1 . Thoron surface exhalation rates ranged 46.42 to 619.88 mBq m − 2 h − 1 . This study give an idea about the differences in Rn 222 & Rn 220 exhalation at different locations which may be due to variations in geological structure of the locations and characteristics of the top soil.The ndings show that using soil of the study area as building material is safe.

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