Open AccessMeasurement of 222Rn gas Concentrations and Radon Exhalation Rates in Some Cigarettes Tobacco Samples
Author(s) -
Taghreed Khalid Hameed,
Auras Muse Omron,
Shaemaa Akram Abbas,
Mahmood Salim Karim
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iraqi journal of science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.152
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2312-1637
pISSN - 0067-2904
DOI - 10.24996/ijs.2021.62.11(si).10
Subject(s) - radon , exhalation , cigarette smoking , sample (material) , toxicology , value (mathematics) , environmental science , environmental health , chemistry , statistics , mathematics , medicine , chromatography , physics , biology , nuclear physics , anesthesia
Twelve cigarette tobacco samples of various brands and origins were gathered from local markets of Iraq. . The CRn was determined utilizing CR-39 track detectors which were exposed to the various brands of cigarettes tobacco for 45 days. The results demonstrated that the highest value of 222Rn concentration was )157 Bq/m3( in Macbeth cigarette sample of Brazilian origin and the lowest value of CRn was (76.3 Bq/m3 (in Sumer cigarette sample of Iraqi origin,with an average value of (106.53±22.3 Bq/m3). The outcomes have demonstrated that cigarettes of a Brazilian origin contain higher CRn than other studied samples, however, it is still less than some other average values given in the literatures.