1. CONTINUOUS RADON-IN-WATER MONITORING-COMPARISON OF METHODS UNDER LABORATORY CONDITIONS AND RESULTS OF IN SITU MEASUREMENTS.
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Vyletělová P and Froňka A
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- Humans, Radiation Monitoring instrumentation, Laboratories standards, Radiation Monitoring methods, Radon analysis, Water Pollutants, Radioactive analysis
- Abstract
The extraction of dissolved radon from water to gas is the most common way to measure radon concentration in water continuously. The response delay of continuous radon-in-water detection system (continuous monitor + equilibrator) is influenced by the response time of the continuous monitor and a rate of an establishment of equilibrium in the equilibrator (exchanger unit). Two types of equilibrators were used in performed experiments to compare the response time of various detection systems-RAD AQUA that uses water spraying and equilibrator with ACCUREL® PP membrane that enables radon diffusion. Each of these was connected to the continuous monitor RAD7 or RM-3. The response delay after turning on the water flow through the equilibrator was determined. The fastest detection system was RAD7 + RAD AQUA that was subsequently tested during the insitu measurement of thermal water in the healing spa and water sources near Cheb and České Budějovice., (© The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com.)
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- 2019
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