A sensitive method to determine 210Po and 210Pb in environmental samples by alpha spectrometry using CuS micro-precipitation by Stephanie Walsh, Matthew J. Bond, Nicolas Guérin, Jules M. Blais, David J. Rowan

“…Abstract A new sensitive method to determine polonium-210 (210Po) and lead-210 (210Pb) in a diversity of environmental samples was developed. …”
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In-Source Laser Spectroscopy with the Laser Ion Source and Trap: First Direct Study of the Ground-State Properties of ^{217,219}Po by D. A. Fink, T. E. Cocolios, A. N. Andreyev, S. Antalic, A. E. Barzakh, B. Bastin, D. V. Fedorov, V. N. Fedosseev, K. T. Flanagan, L. Ghys, A. Gottberg, M. Huyse, N. Imai, T. Kron, N. Lecesne, K. M. Lynch, B. A. Marsh, D. Pauwels, E. Rapisarda, S. D. Richter, R. E. Rossel, S. Rothe, M. D. Seliverstov, A. M. Sjödin, C. Van Beveren, P. Van Duppen, K. D. A. Wendt

“…The first physics application of the LIST enables the suppression of francium contamination in ion beams of neutron-rich polonium isotopes at ISOLDE by more than 1000 with a reduction in laser-ionization efficiency of only 20. …”
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Thoron activity concentration in Malaysian soil gas: geogenic impact assessment by Nuhu, Habila, Hashim, Suhairul, Mohd. Sanusi, Mohamad Syazwan, Ghoshal, Sib Krishna, Bradley, David A.

“…Nevertheless, in a thorium (232Th) rich environment potential hazard does exist, in particular regarding prolonged duration exposures to 220Rn and its short-lived alpha-particle emitting progeny [polonium (216Po)]. Herein, concerning the geology and major soil types in the Malaysian state of Perak, an activity concentration map has been established for 220Rn in soil gas, with the use made of a RAD7 detector and the THORON protocol for in-situ measurements. …”

Determining the Absorbed Dose of Alpha Radiation due to Inhalation Radon Gas and Its Derivatives in Human Lung Using MCNPX 2.6.0 Simulation Model by Jafari et al. In Khorasan Razav... by Farhad Mohmmad Jafari, Javad Bahmani

“…Results: The investigations show that polonium-210 (210Po), as one of the radon derivatives with long life, has the most annual effective absorbed dose in the human lung and as a result can cause the most damage to the living tissue of the alveolar air cells in comparison with the other radon derivatives. …”
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Laboratory studies of halogen-containing and organic species of atmospheric importance by Wagner, K

“…The construction of two ion sources, one employing a cartridge of polonium-210 and the other a simple discharge, as well as an electrostatic ion guide, is described. …”

Biochemical parameters of blood in cows in latent course of leptospirosis by V. I. Holovakha, A. O. Slyusarenko, O. S. Petrenko, N. I. Suslova

“…Significant changes from the side of the hepatobiliary system in infested cows for the antibody titer kabura equaling 1:100, polonica 1:200, ballum 1:100, szvajzak 1:100–1:200, bratislava 1:800 and in animals for the titers kabura of 1:100–1:200; polonium 1:100; szvajzak 1:100–1:200; ballum 1:100; bratislava 1:100–1:200. …”
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Selected aspects of the radioactive isotopes analytics with particular emphasis on criminal poisonings by Anna Zimna, Alicja Szadziewska, Maciej Tadeusz Gawlik

“…The most known cases of Polonium-210 poisoning in public circulation were discussed. …”
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Discovering <em>Penicillium polonicum</em> with High-Lytic Capacity on <em>Helianthus tuberosus</em> Tubers: Oil-Based Preservation for Mold Management by Abdulaziz A. Al-Askar, Ehsan M. Rashad, Khalid M. Ghoneem, Ashraf A. Mostafa, Fatimah O. Al-Otibi, WesamEldin I. A. Saber

“…A new blue mold (<i>Penicillium polonium</i>) was recorded for the first time on JA tubers. …”
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ILLOCUTIONARY DIRECTION AND REFERENTIAL SPECIFICS OF LANGUAGE GAME by Natalia Yurievna Timofeeva

“…The material is subjected to discourse, word-formation and semantic analysis. Shot polonium research opposes the fate and referent (cognitive) functions of the language. …”
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Environmental evaluation of radioactivity levels and associated radiation hazards in groundwater around the WIPP site by Rong He, Steven Liaw, Meng Zhou, Xiao-Dong Zhou, Hongmei Luo

“…Concentrations of natural radionuclides polonium (Po), thorium (Th), uranium (U), and radium (Ra) isotopes were measured in groundwater samples collected from different locations in the vicinity of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) site in Carlsbad, New Mexico. …”
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Realizing a design for a cloud chamber cooled by thermoelectric modules by Larson, Michael (Michael K.), S.B. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Supernova neutrinos and measurement of liquid scintillator backgrounds in SNO+ by Wang, JS

“…By performing a bismuth-polonium (BiPo) coincidence study throughout the period, the ²³⁸U and ²³²Th chain, which are important backgrounds to 0νββ, concentrations in the scintillator have been measured to be (4.6 ± 1.2)×10⁻¹⁷ g/g and (4.8 ± 0.9)×10⁻¹⁷ g/g, respectively. …”

The radium legacy: Contaminated land and the committed effective dose from the ingestion of radium contaminated materials by A.N. Tyler, P. Dale, D. Copplestone, S. Bradley, H. Ewen, C. McGuire, E.M. Scott

“…The study demonstrated that more radium-226 (226Ra) and lead-210 (210Pb; driven by Polonium solubility) are dissolved from sources in artificial ‘stomach’ solutions compared with ‘lower intestine’ solutions. …”
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ІСТОРІЯ РАДІОЛОГІЇ В КОНТЕКСТІ ДОСЯГНЕНЬ ПРИРОДНИЧИХ НАУК / THE HISTORY OF RADIOLOGY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE ACHIEVEMENT OF SCIENCE by Бірюкова Тетяна, Федів Володимир, Олар Олена, Гайдичук Надія, Микитюк Орися

“…Studying radioactivity spouses Curie isolated two radioactive substances, polonium and radium. In the period between 1900-1922 appears notion of radiation illness, which initiated studding of biological effects of ionizing radiation. …”
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Chemical composition, radioactive and stable isotopes in several selected thermal waters in North Vietnam by Nguyen Dinh Chau, Katarzyna Wątor, Piotr Rusiniak, Zbigniew Gorczyca, Duong Van Hao

“…There is no 228Ra in most of the waters (below 10 mBqL−1- LOD), excluding two waters in the Thanh Thuy-Phu Tho district, where 228Ra is present with 18 and 27 mBqL−1.In all the waters studied, there is a very low concentration of polonium (210Po) which varies from 0.5 mBqL−1 to 8.2 mBqL−1. …”
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Distributions of total and size-fractionated particulate ²¹⁰Po and ²¹⁰Pb activities along the North Atlantic GEOTRACES GA01 transect: GEOVIDE cruise by Y. Tang, Y. Tang, M. Castrillejo, M. Castrillejo, M. Roca-Martí, P. Masqué, P. Masqué, N. Lemaitre, G. Stewart, G. Stewart

“…<p>Vertical distributions of total and particulate polonium-210 (²¹⁰Po) and lead-210 (²¹⁰Pb) activities in the water column were measured at 11 stations in the North Atlantic during the GEOTRACES GA01 transect: GEOVIDE cruise in May–June 2014. …”
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Cancer mortality in relation to monitoring for radionuclide exposure in three UK nuclear industry workforces. by Carpenter, L, Higgins, C, Douglas, A, Maconochie, N, Omar, R, Fraser, P, Beral, V, Smith, P

“…Cancer mortality in 40,761 employees of three UK nuclear industry facilities who had been monitored for external radiation exposure was examined according to whether they had also been monitored for possible internal exposure to tritium, plutonium or other radionuclides (uranium, polonium, actinium or other unspecified). Death rates from cancer were compared both with national rates and with rates in radiation workers not monitored for exposure to any radionuclides. …”

Mortality of employees of the Atomic Weapons Establishment, 1951-82. by Beral, V, Fraser, P, Carpenter, L, Booth, M, Brown, A, Rose, G

“…Among workers who had a radiation record 3742 (40%) were also monitored for possible internal exposure to plutonium, 3044 (32%) to uranium, 1562 (17%) to tritium, 638 (7%) to polonium, and 281 (3%) to actinium. In these workers mortality from malignant neoplasms as a whole was not increased, but after a 10 year lag death rates from prostatic and renal cancers were generally more than twice the national average, these excesses arising in a small group of workers monitored for exposure to multiple radionuclides. …”

Scientific and Publishing Activities of National Libraries of Poland by Dubas Tetiana

“…The operate, in particular, in Ukraine, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, France, or Great Britain, where numerous poloniums are kept in historical collections and archives. …”
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