Skip Navigation

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Search for citing articles in:
ISI Web of Science (14)
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Blue, T.E.
Right arrow Articles by Holcomb, D.E.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow Articles by Blue, T.E.
Right arrow Articles by Holcomb, D.E.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

Radiation Protection Dosimetry 27:173-178 (1989)
© 1989 Oxford University Press

A Global Kinetic Model for the Adsorption of Radon Gas in Humid Air on Charcoal for US EPA Canisters

T.E. Blue and D.E. Holcomb

A global kinetic model for the adsorption of one gas in the presence of another can successfully be applied to describe the dependence of the calibration factor for EPA radon canisters upon water mass gain and canister exposure time. The model reveals that the dependences of George's and Watson's calibration factors upon time are artificial and are introduced by their definitions; not by physics. We recommend that the calibration factor be defined as CF=A/(E.CR.DF), where DF is a factor accounting for the decay of radon during the period from the end of the exposure to the start of counting. Decay of radon during the exposure period is not included in the decay factor. Also, we recommend that CF be plotted against canister water mass gain for DF=1, with exposure time as a parameter. For exposure times greater than three days, this yields a curve with intercept equal to 2.45±0.01 cpm.Bq-1.m3, and a slope equal to 0.0975±0.0014 cpm.Bq-1.m3.g-1.


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?




Disclaimer: Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.