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Determination of Radon Concentration by Using CR-39 Plastic Track Detectors in Dwellings of Bingöl and Mus Provinces of Turkey

https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2018.21094
P. Koc
Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Atatürk University, 25240 Erzurum, Turkey
N. Ekinci
Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Atatürk University, 25240 Erzurum, Turkey
E. Cinan
Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Atatürk University, 25240 Erzurum, Turkey
E. Kavaz
Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Atatürk University, 25240 Erzurum, Turkey

Corresponding Author(s) : N. Ekinci

nekinci@atauni.edu.tr

Asian Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 30 No. 1 (2018): Vol 30 Issue 1

Abstract

Measurements of indoor radon have a critical role in monitoring human health and safety. In this study, measurements of radon in the houses of Bingöl and Mus provinces and in their surrounding villages were performed by using CR-39 nuclear track detectors. Bingöl and Mus Provinces of Turkey have the severe terrestrial climate with hot and dry summers and cold and snowy winters for a long period. Therefore, people who spend much of their time at home have a greater risk for being exposed. The CR-39 detectors were placed in the selected 77 dwellings of Bingöl in the 2013 winter season and in 91 dwellings of Mus in 2012 winter season. Before the setup of detector, we had filled up a detailed questionnaire form to survey construction parameters and properties of the houses and living conditions of inhabitants. Detectors collected two month later were read and treated by Radosys Electronic equipment in Turkish Atomic Energy Agency Laboratory. The indoor radon concentrations in Bingöl and Mus provinces are found to vary from 43 to 348 Bq/m3 with an average of 103 Bq/m3 and from 25 to 604 Bq/m3 an average of 108 Bq/m3, respectively.

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Radon Radiation CR-39 nuclear trace detector
Koc, P., Ekinci, N., Cinan, E., & Kavaz, E. (2017). Determination of Radon Concentration by Using CR-39 Plastic Track Detectors in Dwellings of Bingöl and Mus Provinces of Turkey. Asian Journal of Chemistry, 30(1), 226–230. https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2018.21094
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