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- Title
A comprehensive study of exhalation rates in soil samples to understand the high-risk potential area in Barnala and Moga districts of Punjab, India.
- Authors
Rani, Supriya; Kansal, Sandeep; Singla, Amit Kumar; Nazir, Salik; Mehra, Rohit
- Abstract
The measurements of radon/thoron exhalation rates from soil are useful to know high risk potential area from the view point of health effects. The exhalation rates have been estimated in 50 soil samples taken from Barnala and Moga districts of Punjab, India using scintillation based detector, Smart RnDuo. Soil samples have been collected using grid pattern of 6 × 6 km2 for uniform mapping of the area. The radon mass exhalation rates have been found to vary from 4.56 ± 0.53 to 41.13 ± 1.21 mBqkg−1 h−1 with an average value of 24.8 ± 1 mBqkg−1 h−1 which are lower than the worldwide average value of 57 mBqkg−1 h−1. The thoron surface exhalation rates lie in the range from 1.50 ± 0.63 to 23.77 ± 1.52 kBqm−2 h−1 with mean value of 15.62 ± 1.24 kBqm−2 h−1 which are higher than worldwide average value of 3.60 kBqm−2 h−1 as reported by UNSCEAR 2000. These exhalation rates are indicative of less radon levels in this study area.
- Subjects
PUNJAB; SOIL sampling; SCINTILLATION counters; THORON; RADON; SOIL air
- Publication
Journal of Radioanalytical & Nuclear Chemistry, 2022, Vol 331, Issue 4, p1889
- ISSN
0236-5731
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10967-021-08129-5