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Assessment of effective radium content and radon exhalation rates in soil samples

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Effective radium content and radon exhalation rates in soil samples have been measured by “Sealed Can Technique” using LR-115 type II plastic track detectors. The soil samples were collected from Farrukhabad city of Utter Pradesh, India. The values of effective radium content were found to vary from 5.39 to 34.56 Bq kg−1 with an average value of 16.58 Bq kg−1 and a standard deviation of 7.16. The mass and surface exhalation rate has been found to vary from 0.41 × 10−6 to 2.64 × 10−6 Bq kg−1 d−1 and 1.41 × 10−6 to 9.10 × 10−6 Bq m−2 d−1, respectively. All the values of radium content in soil samples of study area were found to be quite lower than the permissible value of 370 Bq kg−1 recommended by Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

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The authors are thankful to the Chairman, Department of Applied Physics, A.M.U., Aligarh for providing the necessary facilities to carry out the experiment.

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  1. Department of Applied Physics, Z. H. College of Engineering and Technology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 202002, UP, India

    Deepak Verma, M. Shakir Khan & Mohd. Zubair

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Verma, D., Shakir Khan, M. & Zubair, M. Assessment of effective radium content and radon exhalation rates in soil samples. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 294, 267–270 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-012-1694-1

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