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Natural radioactivity in some building materials of Xi’an, China
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In this article, eight kinds of building materials collected from Xi'an, China were analyzed for the natural radioactivity of 226 Ra, 232 Th and 40 K using γ-ray spectroscopy.About:
This article is published in Radiation Measurements.The article was published on 2005-09-01. It has received 90 citations till now.read more
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Natural radioactivity hazards of building bricks fabricated from saline soil of two districts of Pakistan.
TL;DR: Activity concentrations of primordial radionuclides 40K, 226Ra and 232Th have been measured in house building bricks fabricated from saline soil in Pakistan and the radiological hazard parameters of the bricks under investigation have been compared with those from other locations of Pakistan and also from some other countries in Asia.
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Assessments of radioactivity concentration of natural radionuclides and radiological hazard indices in sediment samples from the East coast of Tamilnadu, India with statistical approach.
R. Ravisankar,J. Chandramohan,A. Chandrasekaran,J. Prince Prakash Jebakumar,I. Vijayalakshmi,P. Vijayagopal,B. Venkatraman +6 more
TL;DR: Coastal sediments do not to pose any significant radiological health risk to the people living in nearby areas along East coast of Tamilnadu and radiological hazard parameters were comparable to the world averages and below the recommended values.
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Assessment of radiological hazards due to the natural radioactivity in soil and building material samples collected from six districts of the Punjab province-Pakistan
TL;DR: In this paper, the average radium equivalent activity, external and internal hazard indices and annual effective dose equivalent were found to range from 69 ± 25 to 165 ± 32 Bq kg -1, 0.18 ± 0.09 to 0.45 ± 0.39 ± 0 mSv, respectively.
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Natural radioactivity and radiation hazards in some building materials used in Isparta, Turkey
B. Mavi,Iskender Akkurt +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the radioactivity of some building materials used in this region has been measured using a γ-ray spectrometry, which contains a NaI(Tl) detector connected to MCA.
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Assessments of natural radioactivity and radiological hazards in construction materials used in Elazig, Turkey
TL;DR: In this article, the radioactivity content of samples obtained from building materials produced in Elazig city, East Anatolian of Turkey, have been analyzed by gamma-ray spectrometry However, radium equivalent activities, total and annual effective dose rate and external (gamma), internal (alpha) hazard indexes were calculated and radon concentration, radon specific exhalation rate and effective radium content were measured.
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Natural radioactivity of Australian building materials, industrial wastes and by-products.
J. Beretka,P. J. Mathew +1 more
TL;DR: The present work has shown that the radioactivity levels of some of the materials can be reduced through the removal of fines by sieving, as the fines seem to contain a higher concentration of radioactive nuclides.
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Natural radioactivity in Algerian building materials
TL;DR: Samples of natural and manufactured building materials collected from Algiers have been analysed for 226Ra, 232Th and 40K using a high-resolution HPGe gamma-spectrometry system to assess the radiation hazards arising from using those materials in the construction of dwellings.
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Natural activities of 238U, 232Th and 40K in building materials
TL;DR: In this paper, seven kinds of building materials were analysed for 238U, 232Th and 40K using a direct γ-counting method, and the results showed that the Ra equivalent activities (Raeq) for all materials are higher than the world average value for soil (89 Bq-kg-1).
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Measurement of natural radioactivity in marble found in Pakistan using a NaI(Tl) gamma-ray spectrometer
TL;DR: In this paper, the IAEA reference RG-Set was used for calibration of the spectrometer and the photo-peaks at 14608, 17645 and 26146 keV due to 40 K, 226 Ra and 232 Th, respectively, were used for corresponding activity measurements.
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Natural radioactivity in Zambian building materials collected from Lusaka
TL;DR: In this article, a comparison of the specific radioactivities of primordial radionuclides in these materials to the world averages for soil (25 Bq kg−1238U, 25 Bg kg− 1232Th, 370 Bqkg−140K and 89 Bq 1.5 mSv y−1) indicates that all materials meet the external γ-ray dose limitation.
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