NDLI: Radon Exhalation Rate of Some Building Materials Used in Egypt

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Maged, A.F. Ashraf, F.A.
Copyright Year	2005
Abstract	Indoor radon has been recognized as one of the health hazards for mankind. Common building materials used for construction of houses, which are considered as one of the major sources of this gas in indoor environment, have been studied for exhalation rate of radon. Non-nuclear industries, such as coal fired power plants or fertilizer production facilities, generate large amounts of waste gypsum as by-products. Compared to other building materials waste gypsum from fertilizer production facilities (phosphogypsum) shows increased rates of radon exhalation. In the present, investigation solid state alpha track detectors, CR-39 plastic detectors, were used to measure the indoor radon concentration and the radon exhalation rates from some building materials used in Egypt. The indoor radon concentration and the radon exhalation rate ranges were found to be 24–55 Bq m−3 and 11–223 mBq m−2 h−1, respectively. The effective dose equivalent range for the indoor was found 0.6–1.4 mSv y−1. The equilibrium factor between radon and its daughters increased with the increase of relative humidity.
Starting Page	485
Ending Page	489
Page Count	5
File Format	PDF
ISSN	02694042
Journal	Environmental Geochemistry and Health
Volume Number	27
Issue Number	5-6
e-ISSN	15732983
Language	English
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Publisher Date	2005-01-01
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	building materials Egypt equilibrium factor radon track detector Geochemistry Public Health/Gesundheitswesen Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Environmental Chemistry Medicine Geochemistry and Petrology Environmental Engineering Water Science and Technology

Sl.	Authority	Responsibilities	Communication Details
1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
5	Website/Portal (Helpdesk)	Queries regarding NDLI and its services	support@ndl.gov.in
6	Contents and Copyright Issues	Queries related to content curation and copyright issues	content@ndl.gov.in
7	National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club)	Queries related to NDLI Club formation, support, user awareness program, seminar/symposium, collaboration, social media, promotion, and outreach	clubsupport@ndl.gov.in
8	Digital Preservation Centre (DPC)	Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books	dpc@ndl.gov.in
9	IDR Setup or Support	Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops	idr@ndl.gov.in

Indoor Air Radon

Enhancement of radon exposure in smoking areas

Environmental radon studies in Mexico

A Study on Ionizing Emissions from Limestone Samples using CR-39 Solid State Nuclear Track Detector

Preliminary Report on Radon Concentration in Drinking Water and Indoor Air in Kenya

Radon and lung cancer in Finland: are there signs of radiation hormesis?

Residential Radon in U.S. Counties V Lung Cancer in Women Who Predominantly Never Smoked

A Preliminary Study on Soil–Gas Radon Geochemistry According to Different Bedrock Geology in Korea

Variations in the Weathering Rate of Scottish Gravestones as an Environmental Signature of Atmospheric Pollution

Radon Exhalation Rate of Some Building Materials Used in Egypt

Similar Documents

Indoor Air Radon

Enhancement of radon exposure in smoking areas

Environmental radon studies in Mexico

A Study on Ionizing Emissions from Limestone Samples using CR-39 Solid State Nuclear Track Detector

Preliminary Report on Radon Concentration in Drinking Water and Indoor Air in Kenya

Radon and lung cancer in Finland: are there signs of radiation hormesis?

Residential Radon in U.S. Counties V Lung Cancer in Women Who Predominantly Never Smoked

A Preliminary Study on Soil–Gas Radon Geochemistry According to Different Bedrock Geology in Korea

Variations in the Weathering Rate of Scottish Gravestones as an Environmental Signature of Atmospheric Pollution

Radon Exhalation Rate of Some Building Materials Used in Egypt