Radon progeny: Behaviour and influencing factors in indoor and outdoor environment

IF 1.6 3区工程技术 Q3 CHEMISTRY, INORGANIC & NUCLEAR

Applied Radiation and Isotopes Pub Date : 2025-02-28 DOI:10.1016/j.apradiso.2025.111760

Rosaline Mishra , R.P. Rout , R. Prajith , Jalaluddin S , A. Khan , B.K. Sapra

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Abstract

Radon progeny are the major contributor to inhalation dose to humans from natural sources of radiation. In addition, they are also used as tracers to study atmospheric phenomena. This makes it important to study the behaviour of Radon Progeny in both indoor and outdoor environment. In the present study, the progeny concentration, Radon gas concentration, unattached fraction are continuously measured for a period of 1 year in a ground floor room in Mumbai, both indoor and outdoor. The hourly average data for all months gave a clear picture of the diurnal and seasonal variation in progeny activity concentrations, unattached fractions and equilibrium factor in both environments. Average progeny concentration in the indoors was measured as ∼2–3 times higher that in the outdoors. The progeny activity in the outdoor environment was minimum in the rainy season (3.6 ± 1.2 Bq m⁻³), whereas that in indoors was minimum in summer season (7.5 ± 2.9 Bq m⁻³). Equilibrium factor in the indoor was obtained as V-shaped behavior with a minima in the afternoon, which was contrary to the inverted V-shaped measured in the outdoors. The night-time and day time variations highlight the influencing factors, like temperature, humidity, rainfall and turbulence.

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Applied Radiation and Isotopes 工程技术-核科学技术

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3.00

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406

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13.5 months

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