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Effect of the Radon Background Fluctuation on the Low Activity Measurement of the <sup>214</sup>Pb, <sup>214</sup>Bi and <sup>226</sup>Ra

Year 2017, Volume: 21 Issue: 2, 345 - 349, 12.05.2017

Yusuf Ağuş

Abstract

In this study, radon background fluctuation effect on the measurement of 214Pb, 214Bi and 226Ra low level activity concentrations were investigated in ventilated laboratory. For this purpose, detectors which had 150% and 20% efficiencies were used. In spite of the air ventilation, radon background fluctuation effect on the low level activity measurement was observed. 20% efficiency detector measured activity discrepancies were 5.7% for 214Pb, 8.7% for 214Bi and 5.8% for 226Ra. 150% efficiency detector measured activity discrepancies were 13.8% for 214Pb, 11.5% for 214Bi and 12.7% for 226Ra.

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Radon background fluctuation Low activity; 214Pb; 214Bi; 226Ra

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Year 2017, Volume: 21 Issue: 2, 345 - 349, 12.05.2017

Yusuf Ağuş

Abstract

References

  • [1] United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effect of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR), 2000. Exposures from natural sources, UNSCEAR.
  • [2] International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), 2005. Naturally occuring radioactive materials (NORM IV), IAEA-TECDOC-1472.
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  • [4] Bossew, P.,2005. A very long-term HPGe-background gamma spectrum. Appl. Radiat. Isot. 62, 635–644.
  • [5] Dragounován L., Rulík P., 2013. Low level activity determination by means of gamma spectrometry with respect to the natural background fluctuation. Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 81, 123–127.
  • [6] Radulescu I. Blebea-Apostu A.M., Margineanu R.M., Mocanu N., 2013. Background radiation reduction for a high-resolution gamma-ray spectrometer used for environmental radioactivity measurements. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, A 715, 112–118.
  • [7] Mauring A., Gäfvert T. , T. B., Aleksandersen, 2014. Implications for analysis of 226Ra in a low-level gamma spectrometry laboratory due to variations in radon background levels. Applied Radiation and Isotopes 94, 54–59
  • [8] Currie,L.A.,1968. Limits for qualitative detection and quantitative determination, application to radiochemistry. Anal.Chem., 40(3), 586–593.
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APA Ağuş, Y. (2017). Effect of the Radon Background Fluctuation on the Low Activity Measurement of the 214Pb, 214Bi and 226Ra. Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi, 21(2), 345-349. https://doi.org/10.19113/sdufbed.12103
AMA Ağuş Y. Effect of the Radon Background Fluctuation on the Low Activity Measurement of the 214Pb, 214Bi and 226Ra. J. Nat. Appl. Sci. August 2017;21(2):345-349. doi:10.19113/sdufbed.12103
Chicago Ağuş, Yusuf. “Effect of the Radon Background Fluctuation on the Low Activity Measurement of the 214Pb, 214Bi and 226Ra”. Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi 21, no. 2 (August 2017): 345-49. https://doi.org/10.19113/sdufbed.12103.
EndNote Ağuş Y (August 1, 2017) Effect of the Radon Background Fluctuation on the Low Activity Measurement of the 214Pb, 214Bi and 226Ra. Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi 21 2 345–349.
IEEE Y. Ağuş, “Effect of the Radon Background Fluctuation on the Low Activity Measurement of the 214Pb, 214Bi and 226Ra”, J. Nat. Appl. Sci., vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 345–349, 2017, doi: 10.19113/sdufbed.12103.
ISNAD Ağuş, Yusuf. “Effect of the Radon Background Fluctuation on the Low Activity Measurement of the 214Pb, 214Bi and 226Ra”. Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi 21/2 (August 2017), 345-349. https://doi.org/10.19113/sdufbed.12103.
JAMA Ağuş Y. Effect of the Radon Background Fluctuation on the Low Activity Measurement of the 214Pb, 214Bi and 226Ra. J. Nat. Appl. Sci. 2017;21:345–349.
MLA Ağuş, Yusuf. “Effect of the Radon Background Fluctuation on the Low Activity Measurement of the 214Pb, 214Bi and 226Ra”. Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi, vol. 21, no. 2, 2017, pp. 345-9, doi:10.19113/sdufbed.12103.
Vancouver Ağuş Y. Effect of the Radon Background Fluctuation on the Low Activity Measurement of the 214Pb, 214Bi and 226Ra. J. Nat. Appl. Sci. 2017;21(2):345-9.
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