title: Radon, thoron and their progenies measured in different dwelling rooms and reference atmospheres by using CR-39 and LR-115 SSNTD.
abstract: Detection efficiencies of the CR-39 and LR-115 type II solid state nuclear track detectors (SSNTD) for alpha-particles emitted by radon, thoron and their decay products inside the air of different dwelling rooms and in various reference atmospheres were determined by using a Monte Carlo computer code. Alpha- and beta-activities per unit volume of air due to radon, thoron and their progenies were measured in the studied atmospheres by exploiting data obtained for the detection efficiencies of the SSNTD and measuring the resulting track density rates. Equilibrium factors between radon and its progeny and thoron and its daughters were evaluated in the studied atmospheres.
authors.affiliation: Nuclear Physics and Techniques Laboratory, Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, BP 2390, University Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech, Morocco. misdaq@ucam.ac.ma
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Misdaq
mesh_terms: D000392:Air Movements; D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor / Q000032:analysis*; D000465:Algorithms; D000512:Alpha Particles; D001610:Beta Particles; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003252:Construction Materials / Q000032:analysis; D005373:Film Dosimetry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006798:Housing; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011874:Radiometry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D011886:Radon / Q000032:analysis*; D017687:Radon Daughters / Q000032:analysis; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012212:Rheology / Q000379:methods; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D017687:Radon Daughters; D011886:Radon