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- Title
Fast determination of indoor radon (Rn) concentration using liquid scintillation counting.
- Authors
Bem, H.; Długosz-Lisiecka, M.; Janiak, S.; Mazurek, D.; Szajerski, P.
- Abstract
The indoor Rn radionuclide was directly absorbed in typical 20 ml glass scintillation vials by passing −3 dm of ambient air through 16 ml of water-immiscible non-volataile scintillation cocktail Ultima-Gold F for 10 min. The activity of radon and its two α-emitting daughters: Po and Po, was determined with the BetaScout low-background liquid scintillation counter. The limit of Rn detection is 9 Bq/m, and the quantification limit with 20% relative accuracy is 28 Bq/m. The results of the indoor Rn measurement in different houses showed good consistency with results obtained from a Sarad EQF 3220 device.
- Subjects
RADON; RADIOISOTOPES; POLONIUM; ABSORPTION; RADON pollution; INDOOR air quality
- Publication
Journal of Radioanalytical & Nuclear Chemistry, 2017, Vol 312, Issue 2, p337
- ISSN
0236-5731
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10967-017-5226-x