Generation of atomic hydrogen in the air under action of beta decay of radioactive elements

Sergei T. Penin; G. A. Kolotkov; Liliya K. Chistyakova

doi:10.1117/12.606288

15 December 2004 Generation of atomic hydrogen in the air under action of beta decay of radioactive elements

Sergei T. Penin, G. A. Kolotkov, Liliya K. Chistyakova

Proceedings Volume 5743, Eleventh International Symposium on Atmospheric and Ocean Optics/Atmospheric Physics; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.606288
Event: Eleventh International Symposium on Atmospheric and Ocean Optics/Atmospheric Physics, 2004, Tomsk, Russian Federation

Abstract

Physical and chemical properties of the atmospheric components change under action of radioactive emissions, and, as a result, anomalous gas-aerosol and ionized areas are occurred and can be registered by remote optical and radiometric methods. One of the effects, in the view of passive detection of radioactive pollution is the dissociation of water vapor (H₂O) and formation of anomalous fields with the high contents of hydrogen (H) and hydroxyl (OH), which spontaneous radiation in the microwave range can be used for identification of radioactivity in emissions. The process of electron multiplication due to degradation of energy of β-electrons, generated at decay of a radioactive isotope ⁸⁵Kr in the emission stack is described in this paper. The estimation of atomic hydrogen concentration in cross-section of the stack on various distances from an emission source is carried out depending on its height and activity.

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Sergei T. Penin, G. A. Kolotkov, and Liliya K. Chistyakova "Generation of atomic hydrogen in the air under action of beta decay of radioactive elements", Proc. SPIE 5743, Eleventh International Symposium on Atmospheric and Ocean Optics/Atmospheric Physics, (15 December 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.606288

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