Real time radon variation indoors

A. Chávez; N. Segovia

doi:10.22201/igeof.00167169p.2002.41.3.337

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Indoor radon automatic real time data controlled laboratory humidity and temperature correlation

A. Chávez

ININ, México, D.F., México

N. Segovia

ININ, México, D.F., México

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Real-time indoor radon measurements have been performed in a controlled laboratory located 36 km from Mexico City at 3000 m altitude where experimental radon chambers exist. Radon was evaluated with an ALPHAGUARD equipment above installed at 2 m height from the floor, during a period of two years. Temperature and relative humidity were also recorded. The measuring time was programmed to integrate information every hour. The results showed average radon levels of 40 Bq m-3. Radon fluctuations were correlated mainly with local temperature variations in the building. An anticorrelation of radon with humidity was found in the long term. Radon variations indoors were not influenced by the presence of radon chambers in the laboratory.

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Chávez, A., & Segovia , N. (2002). Real time radon variation indoors. Geofisica Internacional, 41(3), 239–241. https://doi.org/10.22201/igeof.00167169p.2002.41.3.337

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