Published 2015 | Version v1
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Measurements of radon activity concentrations in the environs of Aizawl city, Mizoram

Creators

  • 1. Department of Physics, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong (India)
  • 2. Department of Environmental Studies, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong (India)

Description

In this paper, we report our findings on the measurement of indoor radon activity and soil radium content in Aizawl city of Mizoram, India. The measurements were carried out using Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors viz. LR-115 Type2 films. The indoor radon activity concentration has been found to vary from 20 to 75.4 Bq.m-3, with an arithmetic mean value of 42.33±15.42 Bq.m-3 and geometric mean value of 39.59±1.45 Bq.m-3. The radium content value was found to range between 9.1 to 33.1 Bq.kg-1 with an arithmetic mean of 20.35±5.5 Bq.kg-1 and geometric mean of 19.59±1.33 Bq.kg-1. (author)

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Proceedings of the third national conference on new approaches of basic sciences towards the development of engineering and technology: abstracts

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Publishing Information

Publisher
Assam Don Bosco University
Imprint Place
Guwahati (India)
Imprint Title
Proceedings of the national symposium on emerging plasma techniques for materials processing and industrial applications: abstract booklet
Imprint Pagination
104 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 69

Conference

Title
3. national conference on new approaches of basic sciences towards the development of engineering and technology
Acronym
NABSET 2015
Dates
27-28 Feb 2015
Place
Guwahati (India)

INIS

Country of Publication
India
Country of Input or Organization
India
INIS RN
46103678
Subject category
S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ACTIVITY LEVELS; DOSE RATES; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; INDOOR AIR CONTAMINATION; RADIATION MONITORING; RADON
Descriptors DEC
CONTAMINATION; ELEMENTS; FLUIDS; GASES; MONITORING; NONMETALS; RARE GASES

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