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Tracer sand can be used in the research on the patterns
governing the dynamic sedimentation and induration of the
silt, as well as to find out the silting of the reservoir,
alluvious deposit in the harbour, and the coastal sand
erosion. Besides, tracer sand can also be employed in the
study of the boulder movement and the mud-rock flow so as
to solve the problems in silt mechanics, river-bed evolution
and some problems concerning sendimentology.
Tracer water can be used as a means to study the seepage
flow of various hydraulic structures, to detect the hidden
troubles in dams and in reservoirs having damage and danger,
to survey water-source in dry region, to explore and utilize
underground wells, as well as to study such matters as con-
cerning the motion of the underground water and the pollution
of water source.
Tracer Atom and Mechanical Wear
By means of diffusion and ion-injection, the radioactive
gas krypton-85 can be infiltrated into solid material and
this can be employed to investigate the wearing, corrosion
and even the crystal structure of the material, and to study
the work temperature distribution of the motion parts.
Moreover, the radioactive isotopic krypton-85 can also be
used for testing and checking of the system gas-volumetricity,
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