This paper develops the mathematical statistics of a radioactive gas quantity measurement and associated error propagation. The probabilistic development is a different approach to deriving attenuation equations and offers easy extensions to more complex gas analysis components through simulation. The mathematical development assumes a sequential process of three components; I) the collection of an environmental sample, II) component gas extraction from the sample through the application of gas separation chemistry, and III) the estimation of radioactivity of component gases.
Revised: October 18, 2007 |
Published: April 15, 2007
Citation
Anderson D.N., D.K. Fagan, R. Suarez, J.C. Hayes, and J.I. McIntyre. 2007.Sensor Analytics: Radioactive gas Concentration Estimation and Error Propagation.Statistics & probability letters 77, no. 8:769-773.PNNL-SA-56231.doi:10.1016/j.spl.2006.11.014