Radon emanation and heavy-metals assessment of historical warm and cold springs in Nigeria using different matrices

Faweya, E Babatope; Olowomofe, O Gabriel; Akande, H Taiwo; Adewumi, T Adeniyi

doi:10.1186/s40068-018-0125-x

Environmental Systems Research

Table 1 Mean radon activity in bottled water, cold and warm spring and annual effective dose rate

From: Radon emanation and heavy-metals assessment of historical warm and cold springs in Nigeria using different matrices

	Water id	Sample	Temp (°C)	Rel Hum (%)	Radon concentration			Mean (BqL⁻¹)	AEDR (μSv year⁻¹)						AEDR (mSv year⁻¹)
					Min	Max	S.D		Age classification
									Infant		Children			Adult	Infants		Children			Adult
									1	2	3	4	5	6	1	2	3	4	5	6
									< 1 years	1–2 years	2–7 years	7–12 years	12–17 years	> 17 years	< 1 years	1–2 years	2–7 years	7–12 years	12–17 years	> 17 years
1	Bottled	B1	27.0	8.0	0.0	0.44	0.22	0.25	0.25	0.33	0.38	0.44	0.75	0.91	0.0003	0.0004	0.0004	0.0004	0.0008	0.0009
2		B2	26.4	6.0	0.0	0.44	0.19	0.22	0.22	0.29	0.33	0.39	0.66	0.80	0.0002	0.0003	0.0003	0.0004	0.0007	0.0008
3		B3	26.7	6.0	0.0	0.87	0.37	0.36	0.36	0.47	0.54	0.63	1.08	1.31	0.0004	0.0005	0.0005	0.0006	0.001	0.001
4		B4	27.7	7.0	0.0	0.29	0.14	0.11	0.11	0.14	0.17	0.19	0.33	0.40	0.0001	0.0002	0.0002	0.0002	0.0003	0.0004
5		B5	28.0	7.0	0.0	0.15	0.08	0.07	0.07	0.09	0.11	0.12	0.21	0.26	0.00007	0.00009	0.0001	0.0001	0.0002	0.0003
6	Cold	C1	32.6	8.0	35.0	35.0	0.02	35.0	35.0	45.50	52.50	61.25	105.00	127.75	0.035	0.046	0.053	0.061	0.105	0.128
7		C2	32.2	7.0	35.0	70.0	20.2	46.7	46.7	60.71	70.05	81.73	140.10	170.46	0.047	0.061	0.070	0.082	0.140	0.171
8		C3	32.2	7.0	0.0	105.0	53.5	58.4	58.4	75.92	87.60	102.20	175.20	213.17	0.058	0.076	0.088	0.102	0.175	0.213
9		C4	31.0	8.0	0.0	70.0	35.0	35.0	35.0	45.50	52.52	61.25	105.00	127.75	0.035	0.046	0.053	0.061	0.105	0.128
10		C5	31.0	7.0	35.0	210.0	92.7	105.0	105.0	136.50	157.50	183.75	315.00	383.25	0.105	0.137	0.158	0.184	0.315	0.383
11		C6	31.0	6.0	0.0	220.0	100.0	210.1	210.1	273.13	315.15	367.68	630.30	766.87	0.210	0.273	0.315	0.368	0.630	0.767
12		C7	30.7	6.0	0.0	105.0	60.5	35.0	35.0	45.50	52.50	61.25	105.00	127.75	0.035	0.046	0.053	0.061	0.105	0.128
13		C8	30.7	6.0	35.0	176.0	73.4	93.7	93.7	121.80	140.55	163.98	281.10	342.01	0.094	0.122	0.141	0.164	0.281	0.342
14		C9	30.7	5.0	0.0	105.0	53.5	46.7	46.7	60.71	70.05	81.73	140.10	170.46	0.047	0.061	0.070	0.082	0.140	0.171
15		C10	30.7	5.0	35.0	140.0	53.6	93.6	93.6	121.68	140.40	163.80	280.80	341.64	0.094	0.122	0.141	0.164	0.281	0.342
16	Warm	W1	30.4	6.0	70.0	105.0	20.2	93.4	93.4	121.42	140.10	163.45	280.20	340.91	0.093	0.121	0.140	0.163	0.280	0.341
17		W2	30.4	5.0	35.0	35.0	0.02	35.0	35.0	45.50	52.50	61.25	105.00	127.75	0.035	0.046	0.053	0.061	0.105	0.128
18		W3	30.4	5.0	105.0	175.0	35.0	140.0	140.0	182.00	210.00	245.00	420.00	511.00	0.140	0.182	0.210	0.245	0.420	0.511
19		W4	30.1	5.0	35.0	175.0	72.9	117.0	117.0	152.10	175.50	204.75	351.00	427.05	0.117	0.152	0.176	0.205	0.351	0.427
20		W5	29.2	7.0	70.0	140.0	35.0	105.0	105.0	136.50	157.50	183.75	315.00	383.25	0.105	0.137	0.158	0.184	0.315	0.383
21		W6	29.2	6.0	0.0	35.0	20.2	11.7	11.7	15.21	17.55	20.48	35.10	42.71	0.018	0.015	0.018	0.020	0.035	0.043
22		W7	29.2	6.0	70.0	105.0	20.2	81.7	81.7	106.21	122.55	142.98	245.10	298.21	0.082	0.106	0.123	0.143	0.245	0.298
23		W8	29.2	5.0	0.0	70.0	35.0	35.0	35.0	45.50	52.50	61.25	105.00	127.75	0.035	0.046	0.053	0.061	0.105	0.128
24		W9	29.2	6.0	35.0	140.0	60.7	70.0	70.0	91.00	105.00	122.50	210.00	255.50	0.070	0.091	0.105	0.123	0.210	0.256
25		W10	30.1	5.0	70.0	175.0	60.7	105.0	105.0	136.50	157.50	183.75	315.00	383.25	0.105	0.137	0.158	0.184	0.315	0.383

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