Sample Preparation for the Effective Accumulation and Detection of the Beta-Active Rn-222 Decay Products

  • Gennadiy Onyshchenko V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv, Ukraine; Institute for Scintillation Materials, STC “Institute for Single Crystals”, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine; Institute for Scintillation Materials, STC “Institute for Single Crystals”, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6945-8413
  • Ivan Yakymenko V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0194-8376
  • Oleksandr Shchus' V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6063-197X
  • Anatoliy Lokha Hryhoriy Skovoroda University, Pereyaslav, Kyiv Region, Ukraine
DOI: https://doi.org/10.26565/2312-4334-2022-3-19
Keywords: Radon-222, beta – activity, decay, electrostatic methods, sample preparation

Abstract

The sample preparation method and the results of experimental measurements of the concentration of beta-radioactive aerosols (the decay products of Radon-222 in the air) are presented. The experimental equipment includes an electrostatic aerosol collector and a time spectrometer based on the PMT with a plastic scintillator and Wilkinson’s ADC. The accumulation of aerosols on the foil lasted for about 12 hours. The activity of accumulated aerosols was measured in the time interval of 0 to 300 minutes. The use of the spectrometer in the time analyzer mode, the proposed aerosol accumulator, and the method of processing the accumulated spectrum makes it possible to increase the sensitivity of the radiometer in comparison with the collection method based on air filters. Applying the time‑spectrum development procedure to the constituent components makes it possible to reliably establish the connection of aerosols registered in the room with β‑active decay products of radon-222: Po-218, Pb-214, Bi-214.

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2022-09-02
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Onyshchenko, G., Yakymenko, I., Shchus’, O., & Lokha, A. (2022). Sample Preparation for the Effective Accumulation and Detection of the Beta-Active Rn-222 Decay Products. East European Journal of Physics, (3), 149-152. https://doi.org/10.26565/2312-4334-2022-3-19
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No. 3 (2022): East European Journal of Physics
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