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.
The brightness (or brilliance) of synchrotron radiation was exploited in infrared microspectrosocopy. Among application of this synchrotron-based microanalytical technique, biological and biomedical investigations, at the diffraction-limited spot size, are exhibit of an increasing interest among almost all the existing infrared beamline worldwide. This paper is presenting the main properties of such a source, coupled with an infrared microscope. Several important applications in biomedical field are reported: cancer cells studies and drug effects, human substantia nigra in Parkinson's disease, β-amyloids deposits in Alzheimer's disease.
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