The detection and measurement of the activity size distributions (d(p) greater than 0.5 nm) associated with radon decay products in indoor air

The infiltration of radon into the indoor environment may cause the exposure of the public to excessive amounts of radioactivity and has spurred renewed research interest over the past several years into the occurrence and properties of radon and its decay products in indoor air. The public health risks posed by the inhalation and subsequent lung deposition of the decay products of Rn-222 have particularly warranted the study of their diffusivity and attachment to molecular cluster aerosols in the ultrafine particle size range (0.5$-$5 nm) and to accumulation mode aerosols.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Ramamurthi, Mukund

Contributors dc:contributor

• Hopke, Philip K.

• Engineering, Civil
• Physics, Radiation
• Environmental Sciences

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1989 Ramamurthi, Mukund

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI8924924
(UMI)AAI8924924

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/22115