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A study of the radioactivity of certain building materials

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The radioactivity content of different ballasts and cements for concrete has been investigated. Of the available samples a cement from Degerhamn and a dolomite stone from Sala have the lowest specific gamma-ray activity

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14 p.
Report number
USIP--2000-01

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Country of Publication
Sweden
Country of Input or Organization
Sweden
INIS RN
31048122
Subject category
S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES;
Descriptors DEI
BUILDING MATERIALS; CEMENTS; CONCRETES; DOLOMITE; GAMMA RADIATION; POTASSIUM 40; RADIOACTIVITY; THORIUM 232; URANIUM 238
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BUILDING MATERIALS; CARBONATE MINERALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; HEAVY NUCLEI; IONIZING RADIATIONS; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; MATERIALS; MINERALS; NANOSEC LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; POTASSIUM ISOTOPES; RADIATIONS; RADIOISOTOPES; SPONTANEOUS FISSION RADIOISOTOPES; THORIUM ISOTOPES; URANIUM ISOTOPES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES

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