NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY IN GROUND WATER. PART II

Journal Article · Fri Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1961 · Water & Sewage Works

OSTI ID:4832950

Grune, W N

A study was made to develop a simple, reliable, and reproducible method for the analysis of certain naturally occurring radioisotopes in water. The procedures were to be applied to the analysis on ground water supplies during a field sampling program. Requirements differed from those of many analytical methods in that equipment had to be compact and portable. To achieve significant results during a comprehensive field survey, it was desirable that analytical procedures be as rapid as possible without loss of accuracy. Four analytical approaches were studied in the laboratory prior to the field survey: the precipitation of radon daughters as sulfides with subsequent separation on a millipore filter for analysis by alpha counting; the determination of radon/sup 222/ and lead/sup 210/ by the solvent extraction method used for the separation of lead and bismuth from water; the deenanation of radon/sup 222/ from solution collecting the gases in an Erlenmeyer flask coated with a powdered, silver activated zinc sulfide screen followed by alpha scintillation counting; and analysis of ground water samples by means of gamma emitters. Results of each of the analytical procedures along with the sampling and analytical techniques used are discussed. (Public Health Eng. Abstr., 42: No. 4, Apr. 1962).

• Research Organization: Originating Research Org. not identified
• NSA Number: NSA-16-017903
• OSTI ID: 4832950
• Journal Information: Water & Sewage Works, Journal Name: Water & Sewage Works Vol. Vol: 108
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English

Related Subjects

ALPHA DETECTION
BISMUTH
DECAY
EFFICIENCY
FILTERS
GAMMA DETECTION
GASES
GEOLOGY, MINERALOGY, AND METEOROLOGY
GROUND WATER
IMPURITIES
INSTRUMENTS
LEAD 210
LUMINESCENCE
MEASURED VALUES
POWDERS
PRECIPITATION
RADIOACTIVITY
RADIOISOTOPES
RADON 222
SCINTILLATION COUNTERS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SILVER
SOLUTIONS
SOLVENT EXTRACTION
SULFIDES
ZINC SULFIDES