The Effect of Grain Size on Radon Exhalation Rate in Natural-dust and Stone-dust Samples

Radiation dose to human population due to inhalation of radon and its progeny contributes more than 50% of the total dose from the natural sources which is the second leading cause of lung cancer after smoking. In the present work the dependence of radon exhalation rate on the physical sample parame...

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Published in:Physics procedia 2015, Vol.80, p.128-130
Main Authors: Kumari, Raj, Kant, Krishan, Garg, Maneesha
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
grain size
Natural dust
Radon concentration
Radon exhalation Rate
Stone dust
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Summary:Radiation dose to human population due to inhalation of radon and its progeny contributes more than 50% of the total dose from the natural sources which is the second leading cause of lung cancer after smoking. In the present work the dependence of radon exhalation rate on the physical sample parameters of stone dust and natural dust were studied. The samples under study were first crushed, grinded, dried and then passed through sieves with different pore sizes to get samples of various grain sizes (μm). The average value of radon mass exhalation rate is 5.95±2.7 mBqkg-1hr-1 and average value of radon surface exhalation rate is 286±36 mBqm-2 hr-1 for stone dust, and the average value of radon mass exhalation rate is 9.02±5.37 mBqkg-1hr-1 and average value of radon surface exhalation rate is 360±67 mBqm-2 hr-1 for natural dust. The exhalation rate was found to increase with the increase in grain size of the sample. The obtained values of radon exhalation rate for all the samples are found to be under the radon exhalation rate limit reported worldwide.
ISSN:1875-3892
1875-3892
DOI:10.1016/j.phpro.2015.11.078