Determination of Polonium 210 in cigarettes using radiochemical separation and alpha spectroscopy / Noor Fazila Mustaffa

• Main Author: Mustaffa, Noor Fazila
• Format: Student Project
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Applied Sciences 2008
• Subjects: Radioactivity and radioactive substances
• Online Access: http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/22935/1/PPb_NOOR%20FAZILA%20MUSTAFFA%20AS%2008_5.pdf; http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/22935/

Seven brands of cigarettes sold in Malaysia were selected from a market in Shah Alam to study Po-210 concentration and dose equivalent to smoker. Effect of Po-210 to lung cancer is an important problem in many countries with very high cigarette consumption. The objective of this thesis is to determi...