Indoor radon and airborne particles
Daily radon fluctuations were monitored in dwellings located in the State of Mexico and in Mexico City in order to assessthe expected fluctuations in a short term monitoring basis. The radon monitoring was performed with Honeywell A9000 A devicesthat record radon and daughters using silicon detector...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2002 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México |
| Repositorio: | Redalyc-UNAM |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:redalyc.org:56841308 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=56841308 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Ciencias de la Tierra smoking Indoor radon automatic devices airborne particles short term monitoring |
| Sumario: | Daily radon fluctuations were monitored in dwellings located in the State of Mexico and in Mexico City in order to assessthe expected fluctuations in a short term monitoring basis. The radon monitoring was performed with Honeywell A9000 A devicesthat record radon and daughters using silicon detectors. Airborne particle fluctuations were also determined using a Personal Data-Logging Real-time Aerosol Monitor. The results indicate an indoor radon average value of 22 Bq/m3. Discrete values one order ofmagnitude higher than the mean were observed, mainly between midnight and early morning. The airborne particles in the bedroomshowed daily average values of 0.08 mg/m3. Experiments with smokers indicated fluctuations in the airborne particle concentrationsthat depend on the ventilation and the number of smokers in the room. |
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