title: Variation of the unattached fraction of radon progeny and its contribution to radon exposure.
abstract: The unattached fraction of radon progeny is one of the most important factors for radon exposure evaluation through the dosimetric approach. To better understand its level and variation in the real environment, a series of field measurements were carried out indoors and outdoors, and radon equilibrium equivalent concentration was also measured. The dose contribution of unattached radon progeny was evaluated in addition. The results show that no clear variation trend of the unattached fraction of radon progeny is observed in an indoor or outdoor environment. The average unattached fraction of radon progeny for the indoors and outdoors are (8.7  ±  1.6)% and (9.7  ±  2.1)%, respectively. The dose contribution of unattached radon progeny to total radon exposure is some 38.8% in an indoor environment, suggesting the importance of the evaluation on unattached radon progeny.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Lu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Qiuju
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Guo
mesh_terms: D000396:Air Pollutants, Radioactive / Q000032:analysis*; D002681:China; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D011886:Radon / Q000032:analysis; D017687:Radon Daughters / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D000396:Air Pollutants, Radioactive; D017687:Radon Daughters; D011886:Radon