Outdoor 222Rn behaviour in different areas of Slovakia

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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Main Authors: Holý Karol, Műllerová Monika, Bulko Martin, Holá Oľga, Melicherová Terézia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2016-09-01
Series:Nukleonika
Subjects:
radon
activity concentration
exhalation rate
orography
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/nuka-2016-0047
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spelling 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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author Holý Karol
Műllerová Monika
Bulko Martin
Holá Oľga
Melicherová Terézia
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Műllerová Monika
Bulko Martin
Holá Oľga
Melicherová Terézia
Outdoor 222Rn behaviour in different areas of Slovakia
Nukleonika
radon
activity concentration
exhalation rate
orography
author_facet Holý Karol
Műllerová Monika
Bulko Martin
Holá Oľga
Melicherová Terézia
author_sort Holý Karol
title Outdoor 222Rn behaviour in different areas of Slovakia
title_short Outdoor 222Rn behaviour in different areas of Slovakia
title_full Outdoor 222Rn behaviour in different areas of Slovakia
title_fullStr Outdoor 222Rn behaviour in different areas of Slovakia
title_full_unstemmed Outdoor 222Rn behaviour in different areas of Slovakia
title_sort outdoor 222rn behaviour in different areas of slovakia
publisher Sciendo
series Nukleonika
issn 0029-5922
publishDate 2016-09-01
description 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.
topic radon
activity concentration
exhalation rate
orography
url https://doi.org/10.1515/nuka-2016-0047
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