RADON THERMALSTOLLEN EarthCache
Hidden : 8/25/2009
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: not chosen (not chosen)

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Geocache Description:


Gastein’s Thermal Galleries offer you a therapeutic climate that is quite unique. Effectively alleviating pain, you will need fewer medications and thus be able to enhance your overall quality of life.

Originally, Gastein’s miners had wanted to extract gold from within the Radhausberg. Though they never did manage to find the precious metal, they did uncover a different treasure: healing powers. The positive effects on body, mind and soul have made the Gastein Thermal Galleries famous. Inside the mountain, radon, warmth and humidity work their beneficial wonders.

Radon is a gas produced by the radioactive decay of the element radium. Radioactive decay is a natural, spontaneous process in which an atom of one element decays or breaks down to form another element by losing atomic particles (protons, neutrons, or electrons). When solid radium decays to form radon gas, it loses two protons and two neutrons. These two protons and two neutrons are called an alpha particle, which is a type of radiation. The elements that produce radiation are called radioactive. Radon itself is radioactive because it also decays, losing an alpha particle and forming the element polonium.

DEUTSCH:

ENTSTEHUNG & GEOLOGISCHER AUFBAU des Heilstollens
POWERPOINT PRÄSENTATION

Um diesen Cache loggen zu dürfen, musst du folgende Aufgaben erledigen:
Fotografiere Dich und dein GPS vor dem Stolleneingang BEISPIEL
1: Aus welchem Mineral entsteht Radon?
2: Wie hoch ist der Radongehalt der Luft im Stollen? Bq*
3: In welcher Spurbreite fährt den Stollenzug?


 * Becquerel je Kubikmeter Atemluft


ENGLISH:

In order to log this cache you must do the following:

 To log this earthcache, send a email with answers to the following questions
and take a picture of yourself and your GPS at the adit entrance EXAMPLE

1: What is the source of Radon?
2: Radon Content of the Air in the Thermal Galleries ? Bq*
3: Measure the Rail gauge of the Thermal Galleries train ?

* Becquerel per cubic metre of air

Additional Hints (No hints available.)



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