Measurements of radiation level in petroleum products and wastes in Riyadh City Refinery

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1026-1031

  Al Saleh, F S ^a   Al Harshan, G A ^a  

^a Girls College of Education Riyadh   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Gamma ray spectroscopy; Natural radioactivity; Petroleum; Radiation; Radon; Scale; Sludge; Waste

Indexed keywords

RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; RADON; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WASTE TREATMENT;

GAMMA-RAY SPECTROSCOPY; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY;

PETROLEUM PRODUCTS;

ALUMINUM; CALCIUM; CHLORINE; IRON; MAGNESIUM; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM 40; RADIUM 224; RADIUM 226; SILICON; SULFUR; THORIUM 232; URANIUM 235; URANIUM 238;

AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTIMATION METHOD; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PETROLEUM; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RADIONUCLIDE; URBAN AREA; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

AIR; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; OIL INDUSTRY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; SAUDI ARABIA; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

METALS; PETROLEUM; RADIATION MONITORING; RADON; SEWAGE; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; RIYADH [SAUDI ARABIA]; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 44149104616     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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