Gamma radioactivity of the january 2013 rainfall in Ostrava

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Alexa, Petr
Količová, Petra
Uhlář, Radim

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Vysoká škola báňská - Technická univerzita Ostrava

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Gamma radioactivity of an 8 mm thick ice layer formed after a modest rain on 21 January 2013 in the VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava campus was analyzed and gamma-ray emissions from primordial 40K have been found. Cosmogenic 7Be produced mainly in galactic cosmic-ray spallation processes on atmospheric nitrogen and oxygen and 226Ra, 235U and 137Cs have been also observed.

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gamma radioactivity, air pollution, natural radioisotopes, cosmic-ray spallation

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GeoScience Engineering. 2014, vol. 60, no. 2, p. 27-31 : ill.