Radon exhalation rates and effective radium contents of the soil samples in Adapazarı, Turkey

Journal Article · Fri Mar 25 04:00:00 EDT 2016 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4944132· OSTI ID:22590947

Kuş, Adem ^[1]; Yakut, Hakan; Tabar, Emre ^[1]

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1. Sakarya University, Physics Department, Sakarya (Turkey)

In this study effective radium content and radon exhalation rates in soil samples collected from Adapazarı district of Sakarya, Turkey have been measured using LR-115 type-II plastic track detectors by closed-can technique for the first time. The obtained effective radium contents are found to vary from 6.66 to 34.32 Bqkg{sup −1} with a mean value of 18.01 Bqkg{sup −1}. The radon exhalation rates measured in terms of mass and area of soil samples are found to vary from 50.35-259.41 mBqkg{sup −1}h{sup −1} with a mean value of 136.12 mBqkg{sup −1}h{sup −1} and 1035.18-5333.39 mBqm{sup −2}h{sup −1} with a mean value of mBqm{sup −2}h{sup −1}. All the measurements show that the values of radium content are under the safe limit recommended by Organization for Cooperation and Development.

• OSTI ID: 22590947
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 1722; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

07 ISOTOPE AND RADIATION SOURCES
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
DIELECTRIC TRACK DETECTORS
EXHALATION
MASS
PARTICLE TRACKS
RADIATION DETECTION
RADIUM
RADIUM 226
RADIUM 228
RADON
RADON 222
SOILS
TURKEY