Radioactivity in local and imported kaolin types used in Egypt

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 105-109

  El Dine, N Walley ^a   Sroor, A ^a   El Shershaby, A ^a   El Bahi, S M ^a   Ahmed, F ^b  

^a Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

^b National Institute of Standards   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Natural radioactivity and 137Cs; Radium equivalent activity; Tushki and Kalabsha area

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAYS; KAOLIN; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOLOGY; ROCKS; SPECTROSCOPY;

GAMMA-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

RADIOACTIVITY;

CESIUM 137; KAOLIN; POTASSIUM 40; RADIUM; THORIUM 232; URANIUM 238;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EGYPT; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GEOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; SAMPLE; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SPECTROMETER; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 0345735488     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2003.09.006     Document Type: Article

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