Radioactivity of the Lunar Surface

Details Radioactivity of the Lunar Surface Radioactivity of the Lunar Surface

May 1966

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1966sci...152.1235k&link_type=abstract

Science, Volume 152, Issue 3726, pp. 1235-1236

Physics

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Diffusion of radon and thoron from the lunar surface provides a mechanism for production of a radioactive surface layer on the moon. If the radon and thoron flux from the lunar surface is equal to that measured at the earth's surface, the equilibrium activity of this surface layer is estimated as approximately 1 microcurie per square meter, due to radon and its decay products. This activity consists of alpha particles and gamma rays at well-defined energies and of beta rays.

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