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Radiation Protection Dosimetry 94:353-357 (2001)
© 2001 Oxford University Press

Determination of Neutralisation Rates of 218Po Ions in Air

V. Dankelmann, A. Reineking and J. Postendörfer

The electric charge of the radon decay product, 218Po, has an influence on its mobility characterised by the diffusion coefficient, which chiefly controls the formation of the radioactive aerosol by attachment and the plateout processes on surfaces. These processes strongly affect the dose relevant quantities like concentration and particle size distribution of the short-lived radon decay products. The neutralisation rate of the positive 218Po ions in environmental air was determined quantitatively in chamber experiments. The experimental results show the great influence of the ionisation rate and the humidity concentration on the neutralisation rate of the 218Po ions in air. The obtained neutralisation rates were described by equations, taking into account the neutralisation processes like ion recombination, charge transfer and electron scavenging. In 'normal' environmental air with an ionisation rate of 45 µR.h-1 = 1.16 x 10-8 C/(kg.h) and a relative humidity of 50% (T = 20 oC), a neutralisation rate of the 218Po ions of 1.54 x 10-2 s-1 was obtained. Taking into account this neutralisation rate leads to a fraction of about 51% of the Po cluster that are neutral in air.


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