Table 8 Simulation results for the short-lived gamma-emitting radon progeny (214Bi). Detection efficiencies (fractional values) were computed for a 3” \(\times\) 3” NaI(Tl) gamma spectrometer.

From: Edaphic and meteorological parameters as determinants of radon exhalation and its environmental implication in Peruvian agroecosystems

Nuclide

Number of Atoms

\(\eta _{g}\)

\(\eta _{i}\)

\(\eta _{total}\)

214Bi

557.7 ± 20.98

3.64\(\times 10^{-4}\pm\)1.37\(\times 10^{-5}\)

0.77 ± 5.68\(\times 10^{-3}\)

2.82\(\times 10^{-4}\pm\)1.15\(\times 10^{-5}\)

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