<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Radon activity concentration (RAC) in the outdoor atmosphere was monitored in four localities of Slovakia. The distance between the localities were up to 130 km. The localities had a diverse orography, ranging from flatland to hilly terrain. A significant influence of orography and 226Ra and 222Rn content in soil on diurnal time series of RAC was found. A simple approach of determining radon exhalation rate from soil based on the increase of RAC from daily minima to maxima and removal characteristic of radon is presented. A linear dependency between radon exhalation rate from the soil and RAC in the soil gas at a depth of 0.8 m was found for sandy soils.</abstract>

Radon activity concentration (RAC) in the outdoor atmosphere was monitored in four localities of Slovakia. The distance between the localities were up to 130 km. The localities had a diverse orography, ranging from flatland to hilly terrain. A significant influence of orography and 226Ra and 222Rn content in soil on diurnal time series of RAC was found. A simple approach of determining radon exhalation rate from soil based on the increase of RAC from daily minima to maxima and removal characteristic of radon is presented. A linear dependency between radon exhalation rate from the soil and RAC in the soil gas at a depth of 0.8 m was found for sandy soils.

Outdoor 222Rn behaviour in different areas of Slovakia

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Outdoor Rn behaviour in different areas of Slovakia

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Radon activity concentration (RAC) in the outdoor atmosphere was monitored in four localities of Slovakia. The distance between the localities were up to 130...

Outdoor ²²²Rn behaviour in different areas of Slovakia

Published Online: Sep 10, 2016

Page range: 281 - 288

Received: Jan 14, 2016

Accepted: Apr 04, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/nuka-2016-0047

Keywords
radon, activity concentration, exhalation rate, orography

© 2016 Karol Holý et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Outdoor 222Rn behaviour in different areas of Slovakia

Published Online: Sep 10, 2016

Page range: 281 - 288

Received: Jan 14, 2016

Accepted: Apr 04, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/nuka-2016-0047

Keywordsradon, activity concentration, exhalation rate, orography

© 2016 Karol Holý et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Outdoor ²²²Rn behaviour in different areas of Slovakia

Keywords
radon, activity concentration, exhalation rate, orography