Outdoor 222Rn behaviour in different areas of Slovakia

• Autorzy: Holý K. , Műllerová M. , Bulko M. , Holá O. , Melicherová T.

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.1515/nuka-2016-0047

• Konferencja: International Conference „Radon in the Environment” (2nd ; 25-29.05.2015 ; Kraków, Poland)
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Radon activity concentration (RAC) in the outdoor atmosphere was monitored in four localities of Slovakia. The distance between the localities were up to 130 km. The localities had a diverse orography, ranging from flatland to hilly terrain. A significant infl uence of orography and 226Ra and 222Rn content in soil on diurnal time series of RAC was found. A simple approach of determining radon exhalation rate from soil based on the increase of RAC from daily minima to maxima and removal characteristic of radon is presented. A linear dependency between radon exhalation rate from the soil and RAC in the soil gas at a depth of 0.8 m was found for sandy soils.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

radon; activity concentration; exhalation rate; orography

• Wydawca: Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology
• Czasopismo: Nukleonika
• Rocznik: 2016
• Tom: Vol. 61, No. 3
• Strony: 281--288
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 24 poz., rys.

Twórcy

autor

Holý K.

• Department of Nuclear Physics and Biophysics, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University, Mlynská dolina F-1, 841 04 Bratislava, Slovak Republic, Tel.: [phone], Fax: [phone]

autor

Műllerová M.

• Department of Nuclear Physics and Biophysics, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University, Mlynská dolina F-1, 841 04 Bratislava, Slovak Republic, Tel.: [phone], Fax: [phone]

autor

Bulko M.

• Department of Nuclear Physics and Biophysics, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University, Mlynská dolina F-1, 841 04 Bratislava, Slovak Republic, Tel.: [phone], Fax: [phone]

autor

Holá O.

• Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology, Radlinského 9, 812 37 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

autor

Melicherová T.

• Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute, Jeséniova 17, 833 15 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

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Opracowanie ze środków MNiSW w ramach umowy 812/P-DUN/2016 na działalność upowszechniającą naukę.