Published February 2000 | Version v1
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Accounting for 222Rn loss during oven drying for the immediate laboratory gamma-ray spectroscopy of collected soil samples

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Drying soil samples in an oven to remove water alters the 222Rn emanation rate. Measurements of the oven drying 222Rn emanation rate from soil were made with a continuous radon monitor and the degree of 222Rn disequilibrium was quantified by laboratory gamma-ray spectroscopy. This paper presents a disequilibrium correction where the 226Ra activity in oven-dried soil samples is inferred from immediate laboratory gamma-ray spectroscopy of 214Bi before 222Rn and its decay progeny reach secular equilibrium

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PII
S096980439900144X;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Applied Radiation and Isotopes
Journal Volume
52
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 271-288
ISSN
0969-8043
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ARISEF

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Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
Australia
INIS RN
33035083
Subject category
S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
ALKALINE EARTH METALS; BISMUTH 214; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY; ISOTOPES; METALS; MONITORING; QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIUM; RADIUM 226; RADON; RADON 222; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SAMPLING; SOILS; SPECTROSCOPY; STATISTICS
Descriptors DEC
ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES; ALKALINE EARTH METALS; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BISMUTH ISOTOPES; CARBON 14 DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DATA; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; ELEMENTS; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; FLUIDS; GASES; HEAVY ION DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; HEAVY NUCLEI; INFORMATION; ISOTOPES; MATHEMATICS; METALS; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; MONITORING; NONMETALS; NUCLEI; NUMERICAL DATA; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIUM ISOTOPES; RADON ISOTOPES; RARE GASES; SPECTROSCOPY; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES

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Copyright (c) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.
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