The occurrence of 226Ra and 228Ra in groundwaters of the Polish Sudety Mountains

• Autorzy: Przylibski T. , Dorda J. , Kozłowska B.
• Konferencja: Proceedings of the Third National Conference on Radiochemistry and Nuclear Chemistry, 6-9 May 2001, Kazimierz Dolny
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The paper presents preliminary measurement results of the concentrations of 226Ra and 228Ra isotopes in the groundwaters of the Polish part of the Sudety Mountains. The analysis of sampling results for water from 55 intakes showed that the average concentrations amount to 0.144 Bq/dm3 for 226Ra and 0.083 Bq/dm3 for 228Ra, while the extreme values reach 0.007 and 0.92 Bq/dm3 for 226Ra, and 0.004 and 0.4 Bq/dm3 for 228Ra. The activity ratio 228Ra/226Ra in the examined groundwaters ranges between 0.099 and 2.059. The result of the conducted research implies that the highest concentrations of 226Ra and 228Ra occur in the waters with the highest general mineralization (the highest values of total dissolved solids (TDS)).

Słowa kluczowe

EN

groundwaters; radium; radium waters; Sudety Mountains

• Wydawca: Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology
• Czasopismo: Nukleonika
• Rocznik: 2002
• Tom: Vol. 47, nr 2
• Strony: 59--64
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 14 poz., rys.

Twórcy

autor

Przylibski T.

• Faculty of Mining, Division of Geology and Mineral Waters, Wrocław University of Technology, 27 Wybrzeże S. Wyspiańskiego, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland, Tel.: [phone], Fax: [phone]

autor

Dorda J.

• Institute of Physics, Department of Nuclear Physics and Its Applications, University of Silesia, 4 Uniwersytecka Str., 40-007 Katowice, Poland

autor

Kozłowska B.

• Institute of Physics, Department of Nuclear Physics and Its Applications, University of Silesia, 4 Uniwersytecka Str., 40-007 Katowice, Poland

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