Radium and potassium-40 in solid wastes from the oil industry

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 90-94

  Gazineu, M H P ^a,b,c   Hazin, C A ^b,d  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c ITEP   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Natural radioactivity; Oil industry; Scales; Sludge

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTION; GAMMA RAYS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; POTASSIUM; PRODUCTION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIUM; SCREENING; SPECTROMETRY;

NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; OIL INDUSTRY; SCREENING OIL RESIDUES; SLUDGE;

SOLID WASTES;

POTASSIUM 40; RADIUM 226; RADIUM 228;

ARTICLE; EXTRACTION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; OIL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; SLUDGE; SOLID WASTE;

EID: 36048993707     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2007.07.012     Document Type: Article

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