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| Title: | Study of radium and radon exhalation rate in some solid samples using solid state nuclear track detectors |
| Authors: | Singh, B P
Pandit, B
Bhardwaj, V N
Singh, Paramjit
Kumar, Rajesh |
| Keywords: | Radium
Radon exhalation rates
Solid state nuclear track detectors |
| Issue Date: | Jul-2010 |
| Publisher: | CSIR |
| Abstract: | Uranium is a
radiotoxic element found in trace quantities in almost all natural occurring
materials like soil, rock and sand etc. Radon an inert radioactive gas whose
predecessor is uranium, is emitted from soil beneath the house and from
building materials. The radium concentration and radon exhalation rates from
some solid samples of some area of Santhal Pargana, Jharkhand using LR-115
Type-II plastic track detectors keeping in view the health hazard effects, have
been measured. Small strips of LR-115 Type-II film were fitted in bare mode in
an emanation chamber for 90 days. The values of radium concentration and radon
exhalation rate are found to be maximum in Jamtara district and minimum in
Godda district. The values are, generally, found to be more in soil compared
with rock and sand samples. |
| Page(s): | 493-495 |
| ISSN: | 0975-1041 (Online); 0019-5596 (Print) |
| Source: | IJPAP Vol.48(07) [July 2010]
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