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9 years 4 months ago #181 by bethsalem
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Interesting that you mention radon because today I carried out a very crude experiment to detect radon gas and its daughter decay products in the rain.

I placed a mesh bag of activated charcoal pellets at the bottom of a rain water downpipe and left it for about 4 hours in light rain. Before rain exposure the bag was measuring 12 cpm averaged over 5 minutes using an SBT-9 probe. After rain exposure I measured 25 cpm over 5 minutes using the same SBT-9 probe. Crude, I know, but it does point to radon washout, however weak.


I repeated this experiment as it rained lightly for about 2 hours this morning. Unlike the last time, I could detect no change in the cpm rate after the activated charcoal had been exposed to the rain.

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9 years 4 months ago #184 by Frank
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Interesting and I would agree that in a rain event, you will get some increase in Radon levels, pending where your unit it located. I can see this on my indoor one located in the basement in a rainstorm event here and less of a change on my outside unit. The thing that gets me is when we are having good weather, not overcast for a few days and yet, several stations are or have increased or noticeable spikes recorded. :ohmy: Interesting input guys ! Thanks

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9 years 3 months ago #327 by Frank
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To > Icebox, if your reading these, since there is no way to contact your via PM, on the NETC site, there is a pretty good size raise in levels around you. 2 stations showing some decent increases in levels, not just spikes, but gradual rises. :huh:

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9 years 2 months ago #532 by Frank
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Geez, sitting here checking out the sites and both my programs tripped the alarm. Levels are and were pretty low, then all of a sudden, both popped a 35cpm. :huh: I have it set lower than most, but my norm here is kinda low as well.

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