Measurement of 222Rn gas Concentrations and Radon Exhalation Rates in Some Cigarettes Tobacco Samples

Taghreed Khalid  Hameed; Auras Muse  Omron; shaemaa Akram  Abbas; Mahmood Salim  Karim

doi:10.24996/ijs.2021.62.11(SI).10

Authors

Taghreed Khalid Hameed Department of Physics, College of Education, Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad Iraq
Auras Muse Omron Department of Physics, College of Education, Karbala University, Iraq
shaemaa Akram Abbas Physics Department - College of Education Ibn Al-Haytham-University of Baghdad-Iraq
Mahmood Salim Karim Department of Physics, College of Education, Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad Iraq

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24996/ijs.2021.62.11(SI).10

Keywords:

222Rn, cigarette samples, (CR-39) detector, tobacco

Abstract

Twelve cigarette tobacco samples of various brands and origins were gathered from local markets of Iraq. . The C_Rn was determined utilizing CR-39 track detectors which were exposed to the various brands of cigarettes tobacco for 45 days. The results demonstrated that the highest value of ²²²Rn concentration was )157 Bq/m³( in Macbeth cigarette sample of Brazilian origin and the lowest value of C_Rn was (76.3 Bq/m³ (in Sumer cigarette sample of Iraqi origin,with an average value of (106.53±22.3 Bq/m³). The outcomes have demonstrated that cigarettes of a Brazilian origin contain higher C_Rn than other studied samples, however, it is still less than some other average values given in the literatures.