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Title

THORIUM IN ILMENITE AND ITS RADIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS IN THE PRODUCTION OF TITANIUM DIOXIDE.

Authors

Haridasan, P. P.; PilIai, P. M. B.; R. M. Tripathi; V. D. Puranik

Abstract

The article presents a study on the measurement of thorium (Th) and radium (Ra) in the titanium mineral ilmenite, and its radiological implications in the production of titanium dioxide in India. It discusses the concentrations of thorium and radium in ilmenite, systhetic rule and titanium dioxide. Rates of external gamma exposure and the airborne thorium level in plants processing like minerals are tackled. Concentrations of the nuclides in liquid effluent and solid waste, as well as the disequilibria with respect to 228Ra are analyzed.

Subjects

INDIA; RADIOLOGICAL research; TITANIUM dioxide; THORIUM isotopes; RADIUM; ILMENITE; GAMMA rays; NUCLIDES

Publication

Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 2008, Vol 129, Issue 4, p381

ISSN

0144-8420

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.1093/rpd/ncm446