The second most important source of indoor radon, after soil beneath dwelling, is building material. With the increase in environmental awareness and new energy-saving policies, residents tend to replace the existing windows with tighter windows, which leads to a decrease in air exchange rate and consequently an increase in indoor radon concentration. In case of low exchange rates, dose caused by inhalation of radon and its progeny can exceed external dose originating from the radium content in the surrounding building material. In this paper, surface exhalation rates of radon ( 222 Rn) and thoron ( 220 Rn) from typical building materials used for construction and interior decoration of houses in Serbia were investigated. Surface exhalation rate measurements were performed using the closed-chamber method, while concentrations of radon and thoron in the chamber were continuously measured using an active device, RTM1688-2, produced by SARAD® GmbH. Finally, the impact of the replacement o...f windows on the indoor radon concentration was estimated.
Keywords:
Air exchange rate / Building materials / Radon exhalation rate
TY - JOUR
AU - Čeliković, Igor T.
AU - Pantelić, Gordana K.
AU - Živanović, Miloš Z.
AU - Vukanac, Ivana
AU - Krneta-Nikolić, Jelena D.
AU - Kandić, Aleksandar
AU - Lončar, Boris B.
PY - 2020
UR - http://TechnoRep.tmf.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5891
AB - The second most important source of indoor radon, after soil beneath dwelling, is building material. With the increase in environmental awareness and new energy-saving policies, residents tend to replace the existing windows with tighter windows, which leads to a decrease in air exchange rate and consequently an increase in indoor radon concentration. In case of low exchange rates, dose caused by inhalation of radon and its progeny can exceed external dose originating from the radium content in the surrounding building material. In this paper, surface exhalation rates of radon ( 222 Rn) and thoron ( 220 Rn) from typical building materials used for construction and interior decoration of houses in Serbia were investigated. Surface exhalation rate measurements were performed using the closed-chamber method, while concentrations of radon and thoron in the chamber were continuously measured using an active device, RTM1688-2, produced by SARAD® GmbH. Finally, the impact of the replacement of windows on the indoor radon concentration was estimated.
T2 - Nukleonika
T1 - Radon and thoron exhalation rate measurements from building materials used in Serbia
EP - 114
IS - 2
SP - 111
VL - 65
DO - 10.2478/nuka-2020-0017
ER -
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author = "Čeliković, Igor T. and Pantelić, Gordana K. and Živanović, Miloš Z. and Vukanac, Ivana and Krneta-Nikolić, Jelena D. and Kandić, Aleksandar and Lončar, Boris B.",
year = "2020",
abstract = "The second most important source of indoor radon, after soil beneath dwelling, is building material. With the increase in environmental awareness and new energy-saving policies, residents tend to replace the existing windows with tighter windows, which leads to a decrease in air exchange rate and consequently an increase in indoor radon concentration. In case of low exchange rates, dose caused by inhalation of radon and its progeny can exceed external dose originating from the radium content in the surrounding building material. In this paper, surface exhalation rates of radon ( 222 Rn) and thoron ( 220 Rn) from typical building materials used for construction and interior decoration of houses in Serbia were investigated. Surface exhalation rate measurements were performed using the closed-chamber method, while concentrations of radon and thoron in the chamber were continuously measured using an active device, RTM1688-2, produced by SARAD® GmbH. Finally, the impact of the replacement of windows on the indoor radon concentration was estimated.",
journal = "Nukleonika",
title = "Radon and thoron exhalation rate measurements from building materials used in Serbia",
pages = "114-111",
number = "2",
volume = "65",
doi = "10.2478/nuka-2020-0017"
}
Čeliković, I. T., Pantelić, G. K., Živanović, M. Z., Vukanac, I., Krneta-Nikolić, J. D., Kandić, A.,& Lončar, B. B.. (2020). Radon and thoron exhalation rate measurements from building materials used in Serbia. in Nukleonika, 65(2), 111-114.
https://doi.org/10.2478/nuka-2020-0017
Čeliković IT, Pantelić GK, Živanović MZ, Vukanac I, Krneta-Nikolić JD, Kandić A, Lončar BB. Radon and thoron exhalation rate measurements from building materials used in Serbia. in Nukleonika. 2020;65(2):111-114.
doi:10.2478/nuka-2020-0017 .
Čeliković, Igor T., Pantelić, Gordana K., Živanović, Miloš Z., Vukanac, Ivana, Krneta-Nikolić, Jelena D., Kandić, Aleksandar, Lončar, Boris B., "Radon and thoron exhalation rate measurements from building materials used in Serbia" in Nukleonika, 65, no. 2 (2020):111-114,
https://doi.org/10.2478/nuka-2020-0017 . .
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