Table 3.
Radon exhalation rates of building materials from various references

Material Radon exhalation per unit area(Bq/m2·h) Radon exhalation per unit weight(Bq/kg·h) Origin Researcher
Concrete 0.34314 0.00378
Cement Mortar 0.10749 0.00217
Block 0.45641 0.00603
Brick-General 0.60028 0.00733
Lightweight Foam Panel(ALC) 0.08682 0.00515
Sand 0.18521 0.00433 S. Korea Lee, et al. March 2015
Granite 0.06119 0.00055
Gypsum Cement Fiber Board 0.47708 0.05885
Ceramic Tile 0.00413 0.00061
Phosphogypsum Board 0.01158 0.00185
Glass Wool 0.01488 0.00579
Gypsum board 0.04051
Marble 0.01075 - S. Korea Lee, et al. Sep. 2015
Tile 0.00413
Bricks 0.212
Cement 0.231
Marble 0.120 - Pakistan Faheem, et al, 2008
Sand 0.292
Cement 1.24 0.35 Iraq
Bricks 1.01 0.28 Iraq
Block 1.52 0.43 Iraq
Black marble 1.26 0.36 Turkish Najam, et al. 2013
Green Ceramics 1.31 0.37 Turkish
Red granite 2.30 0.65 Turkish
Wood 0.00677-0.01517 0.00089-0.00181 S. Korea Present Study
Material Radon exhalation per unit area(nBq/cm2·s) Radon exhalation per unit weight(Bq/kg·h) Origin Researcher
Wood - 0.00074(=0.02 pCi/kg·h) U.S.A. Ingersoll, 1983
Wood 0.1-0.2 0.00036-0.00072(=0.1-0.2 nBq·g-1·s-1) Canada Zikovsky, 1992
Material Radon exhalation per unit area(Bq/m2·d) Radon exhalation per unit weight(Bq/kg·h) Origin Researcher
Red Dragon -graniteCaladonia-granite 261±37 (212–299)0.4±0.4 (0.2–1.0) - BrazilCanada Chen, et al. 2010