New method and installation for rapid determination of radon diffusion coefficient in various materials

Andrey Tsapalov; Loren Gulabyants; Mihail Livshits; Konstantin Kovler

doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2013.12.010

New method and installation for rapid determination of radon diffusion coefficient in various materials

Andrey Tsapalov, Loren Gulabyants, Mihail Livshits, Konstantin Kovler

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

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Abstract

The mathematical apparatus and the experimental installation for the rapid determination of radon diffusion coefficient in various materials are developed. The single test lasts not longer than 18h and allows testing numerous materials, such as gaseous and liquid media, as well as soil, concrete and radon-proof membranes, in which diffusion coefficient of radon may vary in an extremely wide range, from 1·10^-12 to 5·10^-5m²/s. The uncertainty of radon diffusion coefficient estimation depends on the permeability of the sample and varies from about 5% (for the most permeable materials) to 40% (for less permeable materials, such as radon-proof membranes).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	7-14
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Environmental Radioactivity
Volume	130
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2013.12.010
State	Published - Apr 2014

Keywords

Building materials
Calculation
Diffusion coefficient
Measurements
Radon
Radon-proof membranes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Environmental Chemistry
Waste Management and Disposal
Pollution
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

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