| Yazarlar |
Prof. Dr. Aslı KURNAZ
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
Prof. Dr. Şeref TURHAN
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
Öğr. Gör. Dr. Onur METİN
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
Aydan Altıkulaç
Muğla Sıtkı Koçman Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
Doç. Dr. Celalettin DURAN
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye |
| Özet |
| Bentonite is a soft, porous, easily shaped, and absorbent material rich in aluminum, sodium, and potassium. Bentonite is a mineral widely utilized as drilling mud, ore pelletizing, absorbent/adsorbent, bleaching agent, water impedance, coating, and raw material in various industries. In this study, radiometric measurements of 90 bentonite samples collected from 21 quarries in Turkey were performed using gamma-ray spectrometry. The radiological hazards caused by indoor exposure to adults due to the utilization of bentonites as raw materials in the construction industry and outdoor external exposures to quarry workers were evaluated by estimating the activity concentration index, annual effective doses, and lifetime cancer risk. The average activity concentrations of 226Ra, 232Th and 40K measured in bentonite samples were found as (50 ± 5) Bq/kg, (76 ± 4) Bq/kg and (373 ± 19) Bq/kg, respectively. The evaluation results reveal that the bentonites examined could be safely utilized as raw materials. |
| Anahtar Kelimeler |
| annual effective dose | Bentonite | gamma dose rate | lifetime cancer risk, turkey | natural radioactivity |
| Makale Türü | Özgün Makale |
| Makale Alt Türü | SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale |
| Dergi Adı | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH |
| Dergi ISSN | 0960-3123 |
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | SCI |
| Dergi Grubu | Q2 |
| Makale Dili | İngilizce |
| Basım Tarihi | 12-2023 |
| Cilt No | 33 |
| Sayı | 12 |
| Sayfalar | 1706 / 1715 |
| Doi Numarası | 10.1080/09603123.2022.2120190 |
| Makale Linki | https://doi.org/10.1080/09603123.2022.2120190 |
| Atıf Sayıları | |
| SCOPUS | 4 |
| Google Scholar | 3 |
