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Measurements of radon levels in thermal waters of Bursa, Turkey

dc.contributor.authorYalçın, Sezai
dc.contributor.authorGündoğdu, Özcan
dc.contributor.buuauthorGürler, Orhan
dc.contributor.buuauthorAkar, Urkiye
dc.contributor.buuauthorKahraman, Ayşegül G.
dc.contributor.buuauthorKaynak, Gökay
dc.contributor.departmentFen Edebiyat Fakültesi
dc.contributor.departmentFizik Bölümü
dc.contributor.researcheridAAH-1837-2021
dc.contributor.scopusid14019444500
dc.contributor.scopusid37067053200
dc.contributor.scopusid47161190600
dc.contributor.scopusid12042075600
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-20T08:29:30Z
dc.date.available2021-12-20T08:29:30Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractRadon (Rn-222) is a tasteless, colourless and odourless radioactive noble gas, responsible for approximately 50% of radiation from natural sources. Being highly soluble in water, radon in water sources is also a major public health concern and is still an active research area. This paper presents the results of radon concentration measurements in thermal water samples from Cekirge region of the city of Bursa, rich in geothermal waters located in the northwest part of Turkey. The radon activity concentrations in 36 thermal water samples were determined by using AlphaGUARD PQ 2000PRO radon gas analyser. AlphaGUARD is an ionizing chamber which measures radon via alpha spectrometric techniques. It is found that the concentration ranged from 2.513 +/- 0.286 to 82.553 +/- 1.919 Bq.L-1 for radon. The doses delivered to the users during treatment were also calculated and found to be in the range of 0.36 nSv to 11.89 nSv per treatment.
dc.identifier.citationGürler, O. vd. (2010). "Measurements of radon levels in thermal waters of Bursa, Turkey". Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, 19(12A), 3013-3017.
dc.identifier.endpage3017
dc.identifier.issn1018-4619
dc.identifier.issn1610-2304
dc.identifier.issue12A
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-79952584010
dc.identifier.startpage3013
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/215715037_Measurements_of_radon_levels_in_thermal_waters_of_Bursa_Turkey
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11452/23399
dc.identifier.volume19
dc.identifier.wos000288052800012
dc.indexed.wosSCIE
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherParlar Scientific Publications (PSP)
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dc.relation.collaborationYurt dışı
dc.relation.journalFresenius Environmental Bulletin
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subjectRadon
dc.subjectRadiation
dc.subjectThermal waters
dc.subjectAlphaGUARD
dc.subjectDrinking-water
dc.subjectExposure
dc.subjectArea
dc.subjectBursa [Turkey]
dc.subjectTurkey
dc.subjectGeothermal system
dc.subjectPublic health
dc.subjectRadioactivity
dc.subjectThermal water
dc.subjectEnvironmental sciences & ecology
dc.subject.scopusRadon; Natural Radioactivity; Radium-226
dc.subject.wosEnvironmental sciences
dc.titleMeasurements of radon levels in thermal waters of Bursa, Turkey
dc.typeArticle
dc.wos.quartileQ4
dspace.entity.typePublication
local.contributor.departmentFen Edebiyat Fakültesi/Fizik Bölümü
local.indexed.atScopus
local.indexed.atWOS

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