Outdoor 222Rn behaviour in different areas of Slovakia
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 influence of orography and 226Ra and 222Rn c...
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doaj-345f37d58f0b45e1afe700b44310938a2021-09-06T19:21:15ZengSciendoNukleonika0029-59222016-09-0161328128810.1515/nuka-2016-0047Outdoor 222Rn behaviour in different areas of SlovakiaHolý Karol0Műllerová Monika1Bulko Martin2Holá Oľga3Melicherová Terézia4Department of Nuclear Physics and Biophysics, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University, Mlynská dolina F-1, 841 04 Bratislava, Slovakia Republic, Tel.: +421 2 602 95 526, Fax: +421 2 654 12 305Department of Nuclear Physics and Biophysics, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University, Mlynská dolina F-1, 841 04 Bratislava, Slovakia Republic, Tel.: +421 2 602 95 526, Fax: +421 2 654 12 305Department of Nuclear Physics and Biophysics, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University, Mlynská dolina F-1, 841 04 Bratislava, Slovakia Republic, Tel.: +421 2 602 95 526, Fax: +421 2 654 12 305Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology, Radlinského 9, 812 37 Bratislava, Slovakia RepublicSlovak Hydrometeorological Institute, Jeséniova 17, 833 15 Bratislava, Slovakia RepublicRadon 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 influence 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.https://doi.org/10.1515/nuka-2016-0047radonactivity concentrationexhalation rateorography |
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Outdoor 222Rn behaviour in different areas of Slovakia |
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Outdoor 222Rn behaviour in different areas of Slovakia |
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Outdoor 222Rn behaviour in different areas of Slovakia |
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Outdoor 222Rn behaviour in different areas of Slovakia |
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Outdoor 222Rn behaviour in different areas of Slovakia |
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outdoor 222rn behaviour in different areas of slovakia |
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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 influence 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. |
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radon activity concentration exhalation rate orography |
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