Sarwa A.Mohammed ✉
Mathematics Department, College of Education for Women, University of Tikrit, Iraq
Received: Feb 22, 2023/ Revised: Mar 5, 2023/ Accepted: Mar 9, 2023
(✉) Corresponding Author: srwa.muhammad@tu.edu.iq
Abstract
In this study, the concentration of radon gas in the leaves of trees at the University of Mosul, was studied using the CR-39 nuclear impact detector. The process lasted for 52 days, and a light microscope calculated the nuclear impact; where the percentages showed the highest rates of radon gas in the College of Dentistry and Computer Center, where the ratio of radiation background ranges between (102.777-158.333) Track/m2 X 106 and the highest concentration of radon gas in the air space in the College of Dentistry and Computer Center by 571.1730) Bq. m-3 while the highest concentration of radon gas for the sample was about (251.6744) Bq.m-3. The reason for this is geological factors as well as air pollution rates and because trees absorb water from the soil leads to the presence of radon gas.
Keywords: Leaves of trees, CR-39 , Impact , Radon
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How to cite this article
Mohammed, S.A. (2023). Measurement of radioactive radon gas concentrations in leaves of trees, University of Mosul, Iraq. Science Archives, Vol. 4(1), 39-44. https://doi.org/10.47587/SA.2023.4107
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