Simplification of analysis for comparison of radioactive characteristics and its application to some minerals for radon therapy

摘要

To simplify the analysis of the radioactive characteristics of the minerals for the radon therapy, we developed a simple method to calculate the ratio of the uranium series to the thorium series (U/Th) without using activity. The ratios calculated by this method agreed well with the ratios calculated using the activity. We applied this method to some minerals for the radon therapy. As a result, the U/Th's for the sludge of Misasa, the hokutolite, the mineral of Badgastein, and the two kinds of commercially available minerals were 22, 50, 0.94, 0.26, and 0.20, respectively.