Published 2019 | Version v1
Miscellaneous

Radon safety problem in residential and workplaces

  • 1. Baku State University, Baku (Azerbaijan)

Description

Radon is located in the D, I. Mendeleyev's periodic table of chemical elements with atomic number 86, in group 8 of the 6 period. Simple radon in the normal condition is a colorless and radioactive inert gas with unstable isotopes. The gas is dangerous to health and the life. It is one of the most heavy gas by own molecular mass parameters. The most stable radon gas 222'Rn has a half-life about 4 days. Radioactive radon gas was discovered by Pierre and Marie Curie in 1899. Medicine, agriculture, metallurgy, geology, including hydrogeology and the forecasting of earthquakes are the radon's use fields.

Part of:
International Scientific-Practical Conference on Radiation and Chemical Safety Problems. Abstracts of Presentations

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Title
International Scientific-Practical Conference on Radiation and Chemical Safety Problems. Abstracts of Presentations
Imprint Pagination
[278 p.]
Journal Page Range
p. 104

Conference

Title
International Scientific-Practical Conference on Radiation and Chemical Safety Problems - Dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Prof. H. Ojagov
Dates
5-6 Nov 2019
Place
Baku (Azerbaijan)

INIS

Country of Publication
Azerbaijan
Country of Input or Organization
Azerbaijan
INIS RN
51103189
Subject category
S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
ISOTOPES; MEDICINE; RADON
Descriptors DEC
ELEMENTS; FLUIDS; GASES; NONMETALS; RARE GASES

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