NRL REPORT 6374

TABLE 4

Summary of Radon Concentrations Deduced from Count Ratios Under the Assumptions of One
Instantaneous Emission of Radon From the Soit at Some Past Time, of Continuous Emission of Radon
Fromthe Soil at a Uniform Rate Beginning at Some Past Time, and of Secular Equilibrium of Radon

and Its Daughters in the Atmosphere
Collection
Date

i

Radon Concentration (pCi/m?)

,

eat
“t,
seaifiat

Absorber
Thickness
(mils Al)

pe

Instantaneous
Emission

Continuous*
Emission

30
0

0.73 + 0.09
0.71 + 0.06

923 + 30
249 + 18

224
256

22046
940 +3

Time
(EST)

FI ae
o” are
(m?/min)

‘one
“oun
(f141)

0730-0750
0732-0752

0.501
0.430

1475
10896

0.398
0.322

t

Secular
Equilibrium

1964
Oct. 29

0940-1000

0.428

7117

0.331

5

0.86 + 0,06

303 + 20

_—

279+ 4

0942-1002

0.501

2234

0.369

30

0.85 + 0.08

2k6 + 28

—_

333 + 8

Nov. 10

0810-0830
0812-0832

0.518
0.436

12006
9829

0.388
0.378

“10
10

0.64 + 0.03
0.69 + 0.04

670 + 35
602 +37

744
635

579 +6
562 +6

Nov. 12.

0800-0820
0802-0822

0.513
0.436

9640
2832

0.391
0.384

10
30

0.63 + 0.04
0.78 = 0.06

556 + 30
452+ 39

623
_

470 +5
485 + 10

Noy. 13)

0805-0825
0807-0827

0.515
0.436

764
187]

0.402
0.382

30
10

0.72 40.13
0.68 + 0.09

115 + 23
1I8+ 16

i17
126

tHll+5
107 + 3

Nov. 16

0945-1005
0947-1007

0.515
0.433

1870
4214

0.412
0.386

30
10

0.68 + 0.07
0.65 + 0.06

209 + 34
O77 + 2

318
305

27147
243 +4

Nov. 23)

0835-0855
(837-0857

0.521
0.442

2468
1882

0.377
0.369

10
10

0.70 + 0.08
0.74 + 0.10

126417
106 + 18

131
106

118 +3
106 + 3

Nov. 24

0815-0835
0817-0837

0.52]
0.439

5956
4799

0.388
0.382

10
10

0.65 + 0.05
(L67 + 0.06

331 + 26
302 + 27

364
326

286 = 4
27344

Nov. 25

0814-0834
0816-0836

0.515
0.433

2042
16G0

0.389
0.364

10
10

0.64 + 0.10
0.76 + 0.11

ES417
88+ 16

128
_—

99+ 3
go> 8

Nov. 27

0850-0910
0852-0912

0.515
0.439

4874
4052

0.381
0.371

10
10

0.68 + 0.06
0.73 + 0.06

259 + 93
233 + 34

276
234

23724
23144

Now. 30

+ 0810-0830

0.513

3834

0.372

10

0.72 + 0.07

190 + 20

194

18743

teens aeRea

7

oH

Nov. 9

Dec. 7

0935-0955

0.521

1296

0.362

10

0.78 + 0.12

58+ 12

_

6242

Dec. 9

0830-0850
0832-0852

0.521
0.442

4331
3310

0.393
0.405

10
10

0.62 + 0.06
0.58 + 0.05

250 + 238
246 + 27

283
286

208 + 4
187 +4

Dec. 14

0808-0828
0810-0830

0.521
0.430

2623
2154

0.361
0.337

10
10

0.78 + 0.09
V.g0 + 0.15

117+ 16
94412

—
_

12643
125 +3

Jan. 5

0710-0730
0755-0815
0840-0900
0925-0945
1010-1030
1055-1115
1310-1330
1520-1540

0.541
0.541
0.541
0.541
0.541
0.541
0.541
0.541

4589
4918
5302
3637
4564
3489
2711
2342

0.384
0.393
0.365
0.358
0.368
0.365
0,392
0.351

10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10

0.66
0.62
0.76
0.80
0.75
0.76
0.62
0.84

+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+

O47
0.05
0.06
0.07
0.06
0.07
0.07
0.10

238 +
272 +
236 +
152 4
208 +
155+
149+
91+

21
24
22
17
20
19
18
13

259
307
_
_
—
—
168
_

21244
227 +4
245 +4
168 +3
2l1+4
16123
125+ 3
108 + 3

Jan. 7

0820-0840
0905-0925
1015-1035
1530-1550

0.541
0.541
0.541
0.541

6315
6534
4761
2235

0.369
0.370
0.375
0.361

10
10
10
10

0.74
0.74
0.71
0.79

+
+
+
+

0.05
0.05
0.06
0.09

292
304
229
96

+
+
+
+

24
24
21
14

292
304
936
_

292+4
30244
990 +4
103 +3

1965

*No conversion factors derivable for conditions where p > 0.735.

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