Porstendorfer J. Wicke A. Schraub A.
Year:
1978
Bibliographic info:
Symposium "The Natural Radiation Environment." Houston April 23-28, 1978

Reports methods used to measure the concentrations of Rn, Tn, and their decay products indoors and outdoors. Radon and Thoron concentrations are detected continuously by collecting the positively charged RaA and ThA atoms on a surface-barrier detector using electric field precipitation.< The concentrations of Radon and Thoron decay products were determined by collecting them on a membrane filter and simultaneously counting the activities by means of a collimated surface-barrier detector.Indoor and outdoor concentrations are measured simultaneously under different ventilation rates. The air change rate was measured using the decay of CO2 as a tracer gas.