Hutter, 1995 - Google Patents

A method for determining soil gas 220Rn (thoron) concentrations

Hutter, 1995

Document ID
1902645070666122659
Author
Hutter A
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Health physics

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A technique has been developed to accurately, precisely, and quickly measure soil gas 220 Rn using commercially available grabsample scintillation detectors. The method requires two counting periods for each sample: a 1-min count as soon as the sample has been drawn …
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    • G01T1/178—Circuit arrangements not adapted to a particular type of detector for measuring specific activity in the presence of other radioactive substances, e.g. natural, in the air or in liquids such as rain water
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    • G01T1/161—Application in the field of nuclear medicine, e.g. in vivo counting
    • G01T1/164—Scintigraphy
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