Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Sep 1960
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Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 20, Issue 1, pp.51-56
Mathematics
Logic
Scientific paper
A field method for the determination of the radon content of natural waters is described, and the results obtained in the course of two surveys in different regions of France have been analysed using statistical methods. It appears that: (1) the radon contents are distributed lognormally in a given geological formation; (2) the determination of radon in waters is capable of development into a geo-chemical prospecting technique; (3) the radon contents of waters are very often greater than those encountered in biological systems. Systematic studies on the determination of radon in natural waters from different geological formations have been carried out for some years (1957-1959) at the Radiogeological Research Centre at the University of Nancy. The research has essentially been directed towards the adaptation of methods for use under difficult field conditions as well as their application in very diverse regions. A certain number of results have already permitted some conclusions to be drawn ( et al. , 1959); and the present paper continues and completes these. Numerous methods have previously been employed for determining radon in waters, atmosphere, rocks and soils, but they are either already outmoded and slow, such as the ionisation chamber ( , 1954; currently used in the U.S.S.R. for emanometry), or necessitating fragile and delicate equipment difficult to transport from place to place in the field, such as the impulse ionisation chamber ( et al. , 1951). Following the work of Damon and Hyde (1952) and of van Dilla, we have succeeded in utilising alpha-scintillation counting, with counting tubes, the inside walls of which are coated with zinc sulphide. These tubes are made of glass and comprise the measuring chamber coupled optically to a scintillation detector of the usual type; a reducing sealer completes the apparatus.
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