Studies on the concentration of 226Ra and 222Rn in drinking water samples and effective dose to the population of Davanagere district, Karnataka state, India

Hidayath, Mohamed and Chandrashekara, M. S. and Pruthvi Rani, K. S. and Namitha, S. N. (2022) Studies on the concentration of 226Ra and 222Rn in drinking water samples and effective dose to the population of Davanagere district, Karnataka state, India. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 331 (4). pp. 1923-1931. ISSN 1588-2780

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Abstract

The concentrations of 226Ra and 222Rn were measured in ground water samples of Davanagere district, Karnataka state, India using emanometry technique. Activity of 226Ra and 222Rn in groundwater varied from 15.6 ± 3 to 68.9 ± 5 mBql−1 and 37 ± 4 to 245 ± 8 Bql−1 respectively. More than 53% of the water samples showed higher radon concentration compare to standard safe limit of 100 Bql−1 prescribed by WHO. Effective dose to the public due to 222Rn in water was found to vary from 0.15 to 1.00 mSvy−1 with an average of 0.49 mSvy−1.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Ground water, Inhalation dose, Ingestion dose, SRM
Subjects: D Physical Science > Physics
Divisions: Department of > Physics
Depositing User: C Swapna Library Assistant
Date Deposited: 17 Jun 2023 05:18
Last Modified: 17 Jun 2023 05:18
URI: http://eprints.uni-mysore.ac.in/id/eprint/17546

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