Published 2014 | Version v1
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A study of radon concentration in few water samples in and around Chamarajanagar District, Karnataka State, India

Creators

  • 1. Department of Studies in Physics, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore (India)

Description

Radon is a decay product of 226Ra in the decay series of uranium, with a half-life of 3.8 days. Radium and radon are soluble in water. As the ground water flows through radium/radon bearing soil/rock, the radium/radon get dissolved in ground water. The possibility that radon can enter in to human body, is by both inhalation and ingestion. This paper presents the results of measurements of 222Rn concentration in water samples, around Chamaraja Nagar, Karnataka, India. Since 1980s, radon has become a highly popularized health threat to human beings. This naturally occurring radioactive gas, emanates out of the earth's crust and into the basements of thousands of homes throughout the nation

Part of:
Proceedings of the thirty first IARP national conference on advances in radiation measurement systems and techniques: abstract book

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Publishing Information

Publisher
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
Imprint Place
Mumbai (India)
Imprint Title
Proceedings of the thirty first IARP national conference on advances in radiation measurement systems and techniques: abstract book
Imprint Pagination
334 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 85

Conference

Title
31. IARP national conference on advances in radiation measurement systems and techniques
Acronym
IARPNC-2014
Dates
19-21 Mar 2014
Place
Mumbai (India)

INIS

Country of Publication
India
Country of Input or Organization
India
INIS RN
46053427
Subject category
S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; GROUND WATER; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIUM 226; RADON 222
Descriptors DEC
ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CARBON 14 DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; HEAVY ION DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; HEAVY NUCLEI; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; ISOTOPES; MONITORING; NUCLEI; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIUM ISOTOPES; RADON ISOTOPES; WATER; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES

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Notes
3 refs., 1 fig.