Radiological
hazard and radiogenic heat production in some building materials in upper Egypt</p>
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Authors: | A Abbady |
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Institution: | (1) Physics Department, Faculty of Science, South Valley University, Qena, egypt |
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Abstract: | Summary Samples
of limestone, sand, marble, clay brick, red brick, gypsum, Portland cement and
white cement collected from upper Egypt used in building manufacturing have
been analyzed for the natural radionuclides 226Ra, 232Th and 40K usingg-ray
spectrometry. The specific concentrations for 226Ra, 232Th and 40K, ranged from 20-88,
13-115 and 54-304 Bq/kg, respectively. The average specific activities of these
radionuclides were compared. Higher values of 226Ra and 232Th could be noticed in marble while that of 40K
was in red bricks. Radium equivalent activities, dose rate and the annual
gonadal dose equivalents AGDE were calculated for the measured samples to
assess the radiation hazard arising from using those materials in the
construction of dwellings. The radioactive heat production values of the
selected materials have also been determined. They vary from a minimum of 0.41
for white cement to a maximum of 5.52mW/m3 for
marble samples. The calculated heat-production values are quite similar to
those estimated in Corsica.</p>
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