Journal article
Dry deposition of elemental iodine on skin, hair, and clothing from air
Radioecology and Tracer Studies, Radiation Research Division, Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark1
Radiation Research Division, Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark2
Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark3
Hairless rats, clothes, human hair, filter paper and water were exposed to gaseous elemental iodine in a glass chamber for 60–120 minutes. The deposition of gaseous elemental iodine on skin and lung of rats, human hair, water, clothes and paper were investigated by measuring iodine content in the exposed material by epithermal neutron activation analysis (ENAA).
For measurement of the iodine concentration in the chamber air, elemental iodine in the air was collected by continuously sucking air through an active charcoal column. The trapped iodine in the active charcoal was then determined by ENAA. The measured deposition velocity in the test chamber of gaseous elemental iodine on skin, clothing, hair and water ranges from 0.006 on filter paper and water to about 0.05 cm/s on skin and clothes.
The variation of elemental iodine concentration in air of the glass chamber was investigated by collecting and analyzing air samples at various time intervals. The results show that the variation with time in the concentration of the iodine can be described by an exponential function.
| Language: | English |
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| Publisher: | Kluwer Academic Publishers |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Pages: | 133-143 |
| Journal subtitle: | An International Journal Dealing With All Aspects and Applications of Nuclear Chemistry |
| ISSN: | 15882780 and 02365731 |
| Types: | Journal article |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10967-007-0119-z |
| ORCIDs: | Hou, Xiaolin and Andersson, Kasper Grann |
