DOI: https://doi.org/10.30970/jps.22.1201
USING WALL PAINTS AS A BARRIER TO RADON GAS EMISSION
Ali A. Ridha, Hawraa K. Ayyed
Department of Physics, College of Science, University of Mustansiriyah, Baghdad, Iraq
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Journal of Physical Studies 22(1), Article 1201 [5 pages] (2018)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.30970/jps.22.1201 USING WALL PAINTS AS A BARRIER TO RADON GAS EMISSIONAli A. Ridha, Hawraa K. Ayyed Department of Physics, College of Science, University of Mustansiriyah, Baghdad, Iraq |
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This study was aimed to calculate the radon gas emitted from inner walls of buildings using twenty-six different paint types of different origin (Iraq, Jordan, Turkey, Greece, Norway, Egypt, Germany, United States and Emirates) for environmental protection. The Radon-Scout detector was placed in a plastic container and placed at painted wall samples. The range of radon exposure was between 9$\pm$1 and $57\pm 4\, {\rm {\rm Bq\cdot m^{-3}}}$. Radon exposures decreased to +74% when they were measured in terms of radon shield percentage (RSP). Radon exposures increased when the RSP dropped to -68%. This study concluded that the relationship between radon concentration and RSP depends on the type and structure of paints used.
PACS number(s): 28.41.Te, 47.70.-n, 89.60.Ec