222Rn and 210Pb in the Arctic summer air

• Published in: Journal of Environmental Radioactivity
• Main Authors: Samuelsson, Christer, Hallstadius, Lars, Persson, Bertil, Hedvall, Robert, Holm, Elis, Forkman, Bengt
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 1986
• Subjects: Arctic; Breaker
• Online Access: https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/fe6f4ef7-dd39-4e9c-a8f1-916c83108391; https://doi.org/10.1016/0265-931X(86)90048-2

As part of an extensive air chemistry programme, during summer 1980, on board the Swedish ice-breaker 'Ymer', levels of 222Rn (radon) and its long-lived daughters 210Pb and 210Po were measured. The radon was trapped on charcoal and the long-lived daugther products sampled on filters on a d...