Abstract
Accurate measurement of unattached radon progeny is important for dose evaluation of radon exposure. For quality control of field surveys, a series of comparison measurements were carried out using three commercial unattached radon progeny monitors in real environments as well as in a radon chamber. The results show that the radon equilibrium equivalent concentrations (EECs) of different monitors agree very well, mostly within ±3.0% where there is no thoron progeny interference in the radon chamber. However, the unattached fraction of radon progeny is not so consistent, and the relative difference is 3.3% ~ 39.5% in different environments. The unattached fraction of radon progeny is affected by aerosol concentration. Anomalously high unattached fraction was found in the environment with extremely high humidity and low aerosol concentration. For accurate measurement of unattached radon progeny, specific attention should be paid to the collection efficiency of unattached radon progeny and the interference of attached radon progeny on a wire screen.
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