Assessment of natural radioactivity of sand used in Turkey

Journal of Radiological Protection

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-74

  Cevik, U ^a   Damla, N ^a   Kobya, A I ^a   Celik, N ^a   Celik, A ^b   Van, A A ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GIRESUN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBED DOSE RATES; ANNUAL EFFECTIVE DOSE; CALCULATED VALUES; ENERGY RANGES; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; EXTERNAL HAZARD INDICES; GAMMA DOSE; GAMMA SPECTROMETRIES; GAMMA-RAY; INTERNAL HAZARD INDICES; MASS ATTENUATION COEFFICIENTS; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITIES; NATURAL RADIONUCLIDES; RADIUM EQUIVALENT ACTIVITIES; THEORETICAL VALUES; XRD;

BUILDING MATERIALS; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; GAMMA RAYS; RADIATION; RADIATION HAZARDS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; RADIUM;

SAND;

POTASSIUM 40; RADIUM 226; THORIUM 232;

ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SAFETY; SAND; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; POTASSIUM RADIOISOTOPES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIUM; RISK FACTORS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; THORIUM; TURKEY;

EID: 63649113283     PISSN: 09524746     EISSN: 13616498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0952-4746/29/1/004     Document Type: Article

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