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TEACHING RADON IN THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT -SCHOOL
EXPERIMENTS WITH AIR, LIQUIDS, AND SOLIDS

H. von Philipsborn 1 and R. Geipel 2
1 University of Regensburg, D-93040 Regensburg 2 Private Schulen Pindl, D-93049 Regensburg

The contents of an Experimental Set are presented, providing all necessary implements for novel
methods to collect, concentrate, store and measure radon and radon decay products from harmless und
ubiquitous sources of air, liquids and solids. A series of experiments is described to demonstrate the
essential properties of radioactivity

Key words: radon, radon decay products, school experiments.