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- Title
Natural radioactivity measurements in building materials used in Samsun, Turkey.
- Authors
Tufan, M. Çağatay; Dişci, Tuğba
- Abstract
In this study, radioactivity levels of 35 different samples of 11 commonly used building materials in Samsun were measured by using a gamma spectrometry system. The analysis carried out with the high purity Germanium gamma spectrometry system. Radioactivity concentrations of 226Ra, 232Th and 40K range from 6 to 54 Bq kg−1, 5 to 88 Bq kg−1 and 6 to 1070 Bq kg−1, respectively. From these results, radium equivalent activities, gamma indexes, absorbed dose rates and annual effective doses were calculated for all samples. Obtained results were compared with the available data, and it was concluded that all the investigated materials did not have radiological risk.
- Subjects
SAMSUN (Samsun Ili, Turkey); RADIOACTIVITY measurements; BUILDING materials research; GAMMA ray spectrometry; GERMANIUM radiation detectors; RADIUM
- Publication
Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 2013, Vol 156, Issue 1, p87
- ISSN
0144-8420
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/rpd/nct047