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Quantitative estimation of total potassium and 40K in surface soil samples of Indian Sundarbans |
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| Authors: | Naskar Nabanita Lahiri Susanta Chaudhuri Punarbasu |
| Institution: | 1.Department of Environmental Science, University of Calcutta, 35 Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata, 700019, India ;2.Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF, Bidhannagar, Kolkata, 700064, India ;3.Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India ; |
| Abstract: | The present study attempts to quantitatively estimate total potassium content in soil samples collected from different areas of Indian Sundarbans by gamma-spectrometry, exploiting the radiogenic properties of potassium and by wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence technique. The elemental K concentration varied in between 2.08 ± 0.05 and 3.46 ± 0.06% in the soil samples. Besides estimation of total potassium, the activity of 40K was also estimated in the same soil samples and found to be in the range of 532 ± 8.9 to 1043 ± 13.2 Bq kg−1. |
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