Data on Porous Surfaces

["Redmond, Randy R. (RXQ) " <RXQ@ornl.gov>]

I am trying to find some data or, preferably, reports or articles, which
deal with the expected quantity of rad contamination which could be
trapped in the pores of a porous surface and remain undetected while an
alpha scan shows the surface to be at or below some release criteria.
Surely, someone has done an experimental or theoretical study of this -
I am just after a very rough estimate of what we might have hidden in
the pores of a closed cell foam rubber.  Data for large cell porous
ceramics or weathered wood would probably be quite relevant.


Randy Redmond
Lockheed Martin Energy Systems
P.O. Box 2009
Bldg.  9769,  MS 8081
Oak Ridge, TN  37831-8081
Email:  rxq@cosmail3.ctd.ornl.gov
Phone:  423-574-5640
Fax:  423-576-6047

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