Detectors for Assessment of Natural Radioactivity in Drinking Water: Materials and Method

Dear Colleagues,

The presence of radionuclides in water constitutes a health risk to the population because the consumption of such water increases the likelihood of cancer. Experimental analysis will enhance the detection of significant radionuclides that cause harm to the population and stimulate remediation.

Among the various analytical techniques for assessment of natural radioactivity in drinking water, alpha and gamma spectrometry are employed to obtain the specific activity of alpha and gamma radionuclides, respectively; liquid scintillation counting (LSC) can be used to quantify the activity concentration of tritium, radon, and gross alpha and beta; total alpha/beta counting, with the thick source method, can be used for the gross alpha and beta specific activity evaluation; and emanometry, in the H₂O setup configuration, can be employed to estimate the gas radon activity concentration.

Prof. Dr. Francesco Caridi
Prof. Dr. Michele Guida
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Materials is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.