Sensor Analytics: Radioactive gas Concentration Estimation and Error Propagation

This paper develops the mathematical statistics of a radioactive gas quantity measurement and associated error propagation. The probabilistic development is a different approach to deriving attenuation equations and offers easy extensions to more complex gas analysis components through simulation. The mathematical development assumes a sequential process of three components; (I) the collection of an environmental sample, (II) component gas extraction from the sample through the application of gas separation chemistry, and (III) the estimation of radioactivity of component gases