Determination of activity concentration of Radon-222 by using its daughter progeny Pb-214 and bi-214 in water by using Gamma spectrometry / Elly Munirah Marzuki
In this thesis, low background gamma ray spectrometer has been applied to determine the activity concentration of radon-222 in water collected from ex-mining’s lake at Universiti Teknologi MARA Training Centre, Kampung Gajah, Perak. This is simple method, where we just only measure the sample wa...
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my.uitm.ir.7502017-04-19T09:28:47Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/750/ Determination of activity concentration of Radon-222 by using its daughter progeny Pb-214 and bi-214 in water by using Gamma spectrometry / Elly Munirah Marzuki Marzuki, Elly Munirah QD Chemistry In this thesis, low background gamma ray spectrometer has been applied to determine the activity concentration of radon-222 in water collected from ex-mining’s lake at Universiti Teknologi MARA Training Centre, Kampung Gajah, Perak. This is simple method, where we just only measure the sample waters with a germanium (Ge) detector using the gamma rays spectrometer from the radon-222 daughter nuclides Pb-214 and Bi-214. Sample water collected are directly pour into Marinelli beaker and sealed and stored for 3 weeks to allow radon-222 and daughter nuclides were in radioactive equilibrium before counting. The radon activity concentration is determined by taking the average weighed of the concentrations derived from γ-ray lines associated with Pb-214 and Bi-214 decay. We cannot direct counting radon-222 by using gamma spectrometry because it’s not emitted gamma radiation, but it’s is alpha emitted radionuclides. In this study, the activity concentration of radon-222 is higher at location 11 either for unfiltered and filtered water samples, which is 4429 Bq/L for unfiltered and 10015 Bq/L for filtered water samples. While, the lowest activity concentration of radon-222 for unfiltered and filtered water samples was investigated at location 1 and location 2 with the values 1328 Bq/L and 3308 Bq/L respectively. The activity concentration of radon-22 in this study area is higher and need more attention from related authorities because it can give higher percentage of risk of radiation at that area. Faculty of Applied Sciences 2009 Student Project NonPeerReviewed Marzuki, Elly Munirah (2009) Determination of activity concentration of Radon-222 by using its daughter progeny Pb-214 and bi-214 in water by using Gamma spectrometry / Elly Munirah Marzuki. [Student Project] (Unpublished) |
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In this thesis, low background gamma ray spectrometer has been applied to
determine the activity concentration of radon-222 in water collected from
ex-mining’s lake at Universiti Teknologi MARA Training Centre,
Kampung Gajah, Perak. This is simple method, where we just only
measure the sample waters with a germanium (Ge) detector using the
gamma rays spectrometer from the radon-222 daughter nuclides Pb-214
and Bi-214. Sample water collected are directly pour into Marinelli beaker
and sealed and stored for 3 weeks to allow radon-222 and daughter
nuclides were in radioactive equilibrium before counting. The radon
activity concentration is determined by taking the average weighed of the
concentrations derived from γ-ray lines associated with Pb-214 and Bi-214
decay. We cannot direct counting radon-222 by using gamma spectrometry
because it’s not emitted gamma radiation, but it’s is alpha emitted
radionuclides. In this study, the activity concentration of radon-222 is
higher at location 11 either for unfiltered and filtered water samples, which
is 4429 Bq/L for unfiltered and 10015 Bq/L for filtered water samples.
While, the lowest activity concentration of radon-222 for unfiltered and
filtered water samples was investigated at location 1 and location 2 with
the values 1328 Bq/L and 3308 Bq/L respectively. The activity
concentration of radon-22 in this study area is higher and need more
attention from related authorities because it can give higher percentage of
risk of radiation at that area. |
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Determination of activity concentration of Radon-222 by using its daughter progeny Pb-214 and bi-214 in water by using Gamma spectrometry / Elly Munirah Marzuki |
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Determination of activity concentration of Radon-222 by using its daughter progeny Pb-214 and bi-214 in water by using Gamma spectrometry / Elly Munirah Marzuki |
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Determination of activity concentration of Radon-222 by using its daughter progeny Pb-214 and bi-214 in water by using Gamma spectrometry / Elly Munirah Marzuki |
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Determination of activity concentration of Radon-222 by using its daughter progeny Pb-214 and bi-214 in water by using Gamma spectrometry / Elly Munirah Marzuki |
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Determination of activity concentration of Radon-222 by using its daughter progeny Pb-214 and bi-214 in water by using Gamma spectrometry / Elly Munirah Marzuki |
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determination of activity concentration of radon-222 by using its daughter progeny pb-214 and bi-214 in water by using gamma spectrometry / elly munirah marzuki |
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