Radon daughter plateout--II. Prediction model

Abstract

By a linear programming procedure, we have optimized the Jacobi room model to fit our data on the partitioning of radon daughters between air and wall surfaces (plateout), obtained at high radon concentrations in a small chamber. Subsequently, the optimized model yielded estimates that compared well with plateout data obtained at lower concentrations in a room-sized chamber. (The experimental work is described separately.) The major change made in the Jacobi model was to reduce the deposition velocity of free airborne radon daughters from 1 to 0.05 cm/sec. This value was obtained by using a fast algorithm to solve the linear programming to arrive at the "best fit". Lesser changes were made in other parameters.