Radon variability due to floor level in two typical residential buildings in Serbia
It is well known that one of the factors that influence the indoor radon variability is the floor level of the buildings. Considering the fact that the main source of indoor radon is radon in soil gas, it is expected that the radon concentration decreases at higher floors. Thus at higher floors the...
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| author | Udovicic Vladimir Veselinovic Nikola Maletic Dimitrije Banjanac Radomir Dragic Aleksandar Jokovic Dejan Savic Mihailo Knezevic David Savkovic Maja Eremic |
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| description | It is well known that one of the factors that influence the indoor radon variability is the floor level of the buildings. Considering the fact that the main source of indoor radon is radon in soil gas, it is expected that the radon concentration decreases at higher floors. Thus at higher floors the dominant source of radon is originating from building materials, and in some cases there may be deviations from the generally established regularity. In such sense, we chose one freestanding single-family house with loft and other 16-floor high-rise residential building for this study. The indoor radon measurements were performed by two methods: passive and active. We used passive devices based on track-etched detectors: Radtrak2 Radonova. For the short-term indoor radon measurements, we used two active devices: SN1029 and SN1030 (manufactured by Sun Nuclear Corporation). The first device was fixed in the living room at the ground level and the second was moved through the floors of the residential building. Every measuring cycle at the specified floor lasted seven days with the sampling time of 2 h. The results show two different indoor radon behaviours regarding radon variability due to floor level. In the single-family house with loft we registered intense difference between radon concentration in the ground level and loft, while in the high-rise residential building the radon level was almost the same at all floors, and hence we may conclude that radon originated mainly from building materials. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5bfc745ac8ed4620bfe12b98dc47886b2022-12-21T17:23:39ZengSciendoNukleonika0029-59222020-06-0165212112510.2478/nuka-2020-0019Radon variability due to floor level in two typical residential buildings in SerbiaUdovicic Vladimir0Veselinovic Nikola1Maletic Dimitrije2Banjanac Radomir3Dragic Aleksandar4Jokovic Dejan5Savic Mihailo6Knezevic David7Savkovic Maja Eremic8Institute of Physics Belgrade, University of Belgrade, Pregrevica 118 St., 11080 Belgrade, SerbiaInstitute of Physics Belgrade, University of Belgrade, Pregrevica 118 St., 11080 Belgrade, SerbiaInstitute of Physics Belgrade, University of Belgrade, Pregrevica 118 St., 11080 Belgrade, SerbiaInstitute of Physics Belgrade, University of Belgrade, Pregrevica 118 St., 11080 Belgrade, SerbiaInstitute of Physics Belgrade, University of Belgrade, Pregrevica 118 St., 11080 Belgrade, SerbiaInstitute of Physics Belgrade, University of Belgrade, Pregrevica 118 St., 11080 Belgrade, SerbiaInstitute of Physics Belgrade, University of Belgrade, Pregrevica 118 St., 11080 Belgrade, SerbiaInstitute of Physics Belgrade, University of Belgrade, Pregrevica 118 St., 11080 Belgrade, SerbiaSerbian Radiation and Nuclear Safety and Security Directorate, Masarikova 5 St., 11000 Belgrade, SerbiaIt is well known that one of the factors that influence the indoor radon variability is the floor level of the buildings. Considering the fact that the main source of indoor radon is radon in soil gas, it is expected that the radon concentration decreases at higher floors. Thus at higher floors the dominant source of radon is originating from building materials, and in some cases there may be deviations from the generally established regularity. In such sense, we chose one freestanding single-family house with loft and other 16-floor high-rise residential building for this study. The indoor radon measurements were performed by two methods: passive and active. We used passive devices based on track-etched detectors: Radtrak2 Radonova. For the short-term indoor radon measurements, we used two active devices: SN1029 and SN1030 (manufactured by Sun Nuclear Corporation). The first device was fixed in the living room at the ground level and the second was moved through the floors of the residential building. Every measuring cycle at the specified floor lasted seven days with the sampling time of 2 h. The results show two different indoor radon behaviours regarding radon variability due to floor level. In the single-family house with loft we registered intense difference between radon concentration in the ground level and loft, while in the high-rise residential building the radon level was almost the same at all floors, and hence we may conclude that radon originated mainly from building materials.https://doi.org/10.2478/nuka-2020-0019radon variabilitytime series |
| spellingShingle | Udovicic Vladimir Veselinovic Nikola Maletic Dimitrije Banjanac Radomir Dragic Aleksandar Jokovic Dejan Savic Mihailo Knezevic David Savkovic Maja Eremic Radon variability due to floor level in two typical residential buildings in Serbia Nukleonika radon variability time series |
| title | Radon variability due to floor level in two typical residential buildings in Serbia |
| title_full | Radon variability due to floor level in two typical residential buildings in Serbia |
| title_fullStr | Radon variability due to floor level in two typical residential buildings in Serbia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Radon variability due to floor level in two typical residential buildings in Serbia |
| title_short | Radon variability due to floor level in two typical residential buildings in Serbia |
| title_sort | radon variability due to floor level in two typical residential buildings in serbia |
| topic | radon variability time series |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/nuka-2020-0019 |
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