Samples of cement manufactured in Egypt and the raw materials have been analyzed usinggamma-spectroscopy, in order to determine the concentration of natural radionuclides and associated radiologicalhazard. The mean of...Samples of cement manufactured in Egypt and the raw materials have been analyzed usinggamma-spectroscopy, in order to determine the concentration of natural radionuclides and associated radiologicalhazard. The mean of specific activity due to radionuclides of 226 Ra, 232 Th and 40 K was found to be (20±4), (11± 2),(320±18) (gypsum), (41±8), (27±5), (410±27) (clay), (58±11), (18±3), (321±20) (iron ore) and (37.6±6), (11.8±3),(178.6±15) Bq?kg -1 (Portland cement), respectively. 40 K concentration could not be detected in slag, limestone, sul-phateresistant cement (S.R.C.), clinker and white cement, while the mean specific activities of 226 Ra and 232 Th are(239±16), (48.7±7); (31.5±5), (10±2); (47±7), (20±5); (23±5), (10.4±3) and (23±5), (11±3) Bq?kg -1 , respectively. Theactivities (concentrations) are in the same range as the data released in other countries. The calculated radiation haz-ardparameters for all the samples are still lower than the acceptable values in Egypt and other countries.展开更多
文摘Samples of cement manufactured in Egypt and the raw materials have been analyzed usinggamma-spectroscopy, in order to determine the concentration of natural radionuclides and associated radiologicalhazard. The mean of specific activity due to radionuclides of 226 Ra, 232 Th and 40 K was found to be (20±4), (11± 2),(320±18) (gypsum), (41±8), (27±5), (410±27) (clay), (58±11), (18±3), (321±20) (iron ore) and (37.6±6), (11.8±3),(178.6±15) Bq?kg -1 (Portland cement), respectively. 40 K concentration could not be detected in slag, limestone, sul-phateresistant cement (S.R.C.), clinker and white cement, while the mean specific activities of 226 Ra and 232 Th are(239±16), (48.7±7); (31.5±5), (10±2); (47±7), (20±5); (23±5), (10.4±3) and (23±5), (11±3) Bq?kg -1 , respectively. Theactivities (concentrations) are in the same range as the data released in other countries. The calculated radiation haz-ardparameters for all the samples are still lower than the acceptable values in Egypt and other countries.
