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A combined experimental and theoretical study of radon solubility in fat and water.
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- Radon Solubility in Different Tissues after Short Term Exposure.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Radon Solubility and Diffusion in the Skin Surface Layer.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- In-vivo dose determination in a human after radon exposure: proof of principle.Radiation and environmental biophysics · 2022Article
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- Radon Adsorption in Charcoal.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Radon Exposure-Therapeutic Effect and Cancer Risk.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020Review
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Abstract
Radon is a radioactive noble gas that can enter the human body, thus increasing the risk of lung cancer. But it is also used for treatment of various ailments, most notably rheumatoid arthritis. The accumulation of radon differs between tissues, with particularly high concentrations in fat tissue. To understand the underlying mechanisms, a combination of γ-spectroscopy and molecular dynamics simulations were performed, to study the accumulation of radon gas in contact with several liquids (water, fatty acids). The solubilities, specific for a defined radon activity concentration, are in good agreement and differ by two orders of magnitude between water and fat, caused by radon disrupting the hydrogen bond network of water. In contrast, the energy cost of introducing radon atoms into fat is low due to the dispersive interaction between radon and fat, which is a non-polar solvent. This correlation was also explicitly demonstrated in our simulations by changing the polarization of the solvent.
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