Measurements of the deposition rates of radon daughters on indoor surfaces

Conference · Fri Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:5336790

Toohey, R E; Essling, M A; Rundo, J; Hengde, W

The deposition rates of radon daughters on indoor surfaces have been measured by exposing the window of a proportional counter to the air of a house with high concentrations of radon and its daughters. Deposition velocities for unattached RaA and RaB of approximately 4 mm sec/sup -1/ were obtained by dividing the deposition rates by the concentrations of unattached daughters in the air. These results agree with those obtained by other workers but are dependent on the assumptions made about the fractions of the daughters which are attached to the atmospheric aerosol.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (USA); North China Inst. of Radiation Protection, Taiyuan, Shanxi
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 5336790
• Report Number(s): CONF-831049-3; ON: DE84006410
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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