title: Study about the radionuclides implanted on glass surfaces for the estimation of retrospective indoor radon concentrations.
abstract: Indoor radon retrospective dosimetry can be performed by measuring the210Po activity concentration deposited on surfaces. An experimental study about the implantation of210Po on mirrors exposed to radon has been performed. Two cases were studied: exposure to high and low222Rn concentrations. Results were compared with those calculated by using the activity evolution equations. Experimental results can be only explained assuming additional deposition of the long-lived222Rn descendants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Extremadura, E-06006 Badajoz, Spain. Electronic address: ams@unex.es.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martín Sánchez
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Extremadura, E-06006 Badajoz, Spain.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: de la Torre Pérez
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Extremadura, E-06006 Badajoz, Spain.
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Ruano Sánchez
mesh_terms: D000396:Air Pollutants, Radioactive / Q000032:analysis*; D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor / Q000032:analysis*; D000398:Air Pollution, Radioactive / Q000032:analysis; D005898:Glass; D006801:Humans; D011059:Polonium / Q000032:analysis; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D011874:Radiometry / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D011886:Radon / Q000032:analysis*; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D000396:Air Pollutants, Radioactive; C000615148:Radon-222; D011059:Polonium; D011886:Radon; C000615141:Polonium-210
keywords: (210)Pb deposition on glass surfaces; Past-radon concentration; Retrospective dosimetry