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NRL REPORT 6374

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Radioactive Decay of Radon Descendants on a Filter Following
a 20-min Collection During Which the Radon Conglomerate
Progressively Increased in Age*

ted in
ner
radon

Counting
Interval

rowth
affect

(min)

t sig-

F the

dard

,

RaC

Age 0-20 min;

‘lods

for

RaB

Interval
*

|

RaA

(min)

RaB

RaC

Age 80-100 min;

p = 0.564 to 0.623

p = 9.0 to 0.190

roce-

en.

RaA

Radioactive Decavs

Counting

Radioactive Decays

0-1

Sample Manipulation

1-6

2296}

4112]
3775

2069

6-11

745

|14109

16380

11-16

230

3370;

2311

11-16

939

112454

15874

25
7

9640
8474

14223
13533

6-11

715

1-6

2316 |15867 16655

21-26
26-31

24
7

2977]

2622
2307

2504
2498

21-26
26-31

1e5

31-36

3

2027

2443

31-36

3

7431

12630

ed

36-41

1

1782

2353

36-41

I

6544

11717

lis

41-46

O

1566

2244

41-46

O

5753

10814

re

46-51

O{

1375

2119

46-51

0

5057

9938

te

51-56

0}

1209

i983

51-56

)

4443

9101

ig

56-61

0

1063

1847

56-61

Q

3904

8301

if

61-66

0

934

1707

61-66

QO

3432

7552

_

66-71

0

$21

1576

66-71

0

3017

6851

:

J

2450

Sample Manipulation

74

are
pP

16-21

1709

0-1

Age 40-60 min;

16-21

77 |10962 15196

Age © (secular equiltbrium);

p = 0.355 to 0.478

p = 0.735

0-1

Sample Manipulation

0-1

Sample Manipulation

1-6

2316

112780

6-11
11-16

745
239

111397
10069

10802

1-6

2316

[17594

21219

11006
10960

6-11
[1-16

745
239

115627
113788

20470
19533

16-21

77

8866

[10715

16-21

77

(12134

18467

21-26
26-31
31-36
36-41
41-46
46-51
51-56
56-61

25
7
3
¥
O
oO
0
07;

7798
6855
6025
5295
4654
4090
3594
3158

|10325
9839
9285
8699
8094
7491
6900
6329

21-26
26-31
31-36
36-41
41-46
46-51
51-56
56-6]

25
7
3
1
0
0
0
QO

110670
9379
8245
7245
6367
5594
4916
4321

17320
16136
14950
13782
12654
11572
10551
9589

61-66

QO

2776

5785

61-66

0

3798

8696

66-71

0

2440

5272

66-71

0

3338

7866

*Based on sampling of 100 pCi of radon per unit volume in various stages of equilibrium
with its descendants.

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