Investigation of Radon Concentrations in Pamukkale-Turkey

• Authors: F. Kulalı , İ. Akkurt
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Radon is an inert gas produced by the radioactive decay of radium with a half-life of 3.81 days. Radon is the largest source of natural ionizing radiation and every 2.6 km² of surface soil, to a depth of 15 cm, contains approximately 1 gram of radium, which releases radon in small amounts to the atmosphere. On a global scale, it is estimated that 91 TBq of radon are released from soil annually. In this work, the radon concentration in soil gas, which is transported from soil (1 m depth), is measured at five points in Pamukkale and its neighbourhood.

Keywords

EN

87.56.B-; 87.66.-a

Discipline

• 87.56.B-: Radiation sources

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 128
• Issue: 2B
• Pages: B-445-B-446

Dates

published

2015-8

Contributors

author

F. Kulalı

• Suleyman Demirel University, Science and Art Faculty, Isparta, Turkey

author

İ. Akkurt

• Suleyman Demirel University, Science and Art Faculty, Isparta, Turkey

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.128.B-445