LoginCalculations of the activity concentration of RaA (218 Po) in the air within living rooms and in the outside air were made at 87 dwellings in England and Scotland.
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Assessment of airborne radon daughter concentrations in dwellings in Great Britain. | 1978 | English
Reviews methods for the measurement of the activity concentrations of radon-222 daughters in air. Describes method which enables activity concentrations as low as 0.05 pc i/l of ra a to be measured with simple readily transportable equipment.
Contains two papers reprinted from the Jnl. of Ind.
Describes use of thermography by Fishburn Thermography group ltd. Outlines use of camera and isotherm function.
Presents further measurements of wind pressures on models of the experimental Aylesbury house of the Building Research Establishment (U.K.).
Describes exterior walls of metal studs and gypsum board, used as infill walls in frame construction of industrial, commercial and high-rise residential buildings.
Describes Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory's air pollution research project, giving the main goals, parameters to be measured and instrumentation.
Describes a mobile laboratory designed for research and development studies of ventilation and energy utilisation in residential and commercial buildings. Describes the trailer and instrumentation chosen.
Describes the computer program developed for the Fire Research Station by Scientific Control Systems Ltd. to predict the movement of smoke from a fire in a building.
Reports measurements of Radon-222 concentrations, carried out in the living rooms of 81 dwellings in Great Britain in 1976.
Describes a method of measuring airborne concentrations of radon daughters which distinguishes between the different isotopes.
Reports tests of a scintillation counter to detect Ra 222 in air and water.
Reports a nationwide investigation of gamma radiation in Swedish houses, made by the National Institute of Radiation Protection in Stockholm.
Reports study of the exhalation of radon from building materials by following the build-up of activity in closed vessels containing samples of the material.
Reports investigation into the radon dose from inhaled radon daughters during exposure indoors.
Reports methods used to measure the concentrations of Rn, Tn, and their decay products indoors and outdoors.
Reports study of the emanating power of radon from building materials.
The authors have developed a Fortran IV computer program for estimating whole body and lung dose equivalent rates due to naturally occurring radionuclides in building materials.
Reports investigation of the radon concentrations in Swedish homes.
The conduction of sound through the gap between window and wall depends on the width of the gap. This width also determines the air leakage, suggesting that air leakage might be measured by an acoustic method.