Assessment of the natural radioactivity and radiological hazards in Turkish cement and its raw materials

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 404-414

  Turhan, Ş ^a  

^a Saraykoy Nuclear Research and Training Center   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cement; Emanation coefficient; Gamma spectrometry; Gamma index; Indoor absorbed dose rate; Radium equivalent; Radon mass exhalation rate; Raw material; Specific radioactivity

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; RADON;

EMANATION COEFFICIENT; END PRODUCTS; MASS EXHALATION RATE; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOLOGICAL HAZARDS; RADON MASS EXHALATION RATE;

RAW MATERIALS;

CEMENT; POTASSIUM 40; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM 226; RADON 222; THORIUM 232;

ABSORPTION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD; ESTIMATION METHOD; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE; RADIUM ISOTOPE; THALLIUM;

ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIOACTIVITY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

BACKGROUND RADIATION; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; TURKEY;

EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 39049094167     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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