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Natural radionuclide content and radiological hazard associated with usage of quartzite sand samples from Ovacık Silifke Mersin open pit as building material in Turkey      
Yazarlar
Aykamış Ahmet Şeref
Ahmet Mahmut Kılıç
Çukurova Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Şeref TURHAN Prof. Dr. Şeref TURHAN
Türkiye
Özet
Activity concentrations of 238U, 232Th, 226Ra and 40K in quartzite sand samples collected from the Ovac-k-Silifke-Mersin open pit located in the East Mediterranean region of Turkey were determined by using a gamma-ray spectrometry technique. The mean activity concentrations of the 238U, 232Th, 226Ra and 40K in quartzite sand samples were found as 81.7 ± 22.9 Bq kg-1, 6.3 ± 2.8 Bq kg-1, 77.5 ± 24.3 Bq kg-1 and 140.0 ± 124.1 Bq kg-1, respectively. The gamma index (Iγ), the internal exposure index (Iα), the indoor absorbed dose rate (Din) and the corresponding annual effective dose (Hin) were evaluated for the public exposure to radiological hazard arising due to the use of quartzite sand samples as building material. The values of Iγ, Iα, Din and Hin ranged from 0.20 to 0.75, with a mean of 0.34 ± 0.11, 0.23 to 0.77 with a mean of 0.39 ± 0.12, 58.27 to 201.51 nGy h-1 with a mean of 93.33 ± 27.63 nGy h-1 and 0.29 to 0.99 mSv with a mean of 0.46 ± 0.14 mSv, respectively. © The Author 2009. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı RADIATION PROTECTION DOSIMETRY
Dergi ISSN 0144-8420
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI
Dergi Grubu Q4
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 09-2009
Cilt No 136
Sayı 2
Sayfalar 101 / 107
Doi Numarası 10.1093/rpd/ncp145