Published February 2022 | Version v1
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Radioactivity content of building materials used in Kutahya province, Turkey

Creators

  • 1. Department of Physics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Dumlupinar University, Kutahya 43100 (Turkey)

Description

Radioactivity concentrations of primordial radionuclides Ra-226, Th-232 and K-40 for 31 samples of seven different types of construction materials used in Kuetahya Province, Turkey, were analyzed using NaI(Tl) gamma spectroscopy. Ra-226, Th-232 and K-40 activities of all samples ranged between <2.0 and 81.3 ± 1.5, <1.0 and 24.8 ± 0.5 and <7.8 and 819.1 ± 5.5 Bq kg-1, respectively. Radium equivalent activity and Gamma index of sampled building materials were calculated and presented. All results were found to be below the safety limits. (authors)

Availability note (English)

Available from doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rpd/ncac012

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1093/rpd/ncac012;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Radiation Protection Dosimetry
Journal Volume
198
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 167-174
ISSN
0144-8420

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
France
INIS RN
53041293
Subject category
S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE; S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES;
Descriptors DEI
BUILDING MATERIALS; ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION; GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY; POTASSIUM 40; RADIATION DOSES; RADIATION HAZARDS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIUM; RADIUM 226; SODIUM IODIDES; THORIUM 226; THORIUM 232
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS; ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES; ALKALINE EARTH METALS; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CARBON 14 DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; DOSES; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; ELEMENTS; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; HALIDES; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; HAZARDS; HEALTH HAZARDS; HEAVY ION DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; HEAVY NUCLEI; INORGANIC PHOSPHORS; IODIDES; IODINE COMPOUNDS; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; MATERIALS; METALS; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NANOSECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; PHOSPHORS; POTASSIUM ISOTOPES; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIUM ISOTOPES; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SODIUM HALIDES; SPECTROSCOPY; SPONTANEOUS FISSION RADIOISOTOPES; THORIUM ISOTOPES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES

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