Radiological impacts of the usability of clay and kaolin as raw material in manufacturing of structural building materials in Turkey

Journal of Radiological Protection

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-83

  Turhan, Şeref ^a  

^a Saraykoy Nuclear Research and Training Center   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATIONS; ANNUAL EFFECTIVE DOSE; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; GAMMA-RAY SPECTROMETRIES; HAZARD INDICES; HPGE DETECTORS; INDEX VALUES; MEAN VALUES; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITIES; NATURAL RADIONUCLIDES; RADIOLOGICAL HAZARDS; RADIOLOGICAL IMPACTS; RADIUM EQUIVALENT ACTIVITIES; STRUCTURAL BUILDINGS;

BUILDING MATERIALS; CEMENT MANUFACTURE; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; GAMMA RAYS; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; KAOLIN; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; RADIUM;

CLAY;

KAOLIN; POTASSIUM 40; RADIUM 226; THORIUM 232;

ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CLAY; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOACTIVITY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ALUMINUM SILICATES; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; KAOLIN; POTASSIUM RADIOISOTOPES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIUM; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; THORIUM;

EID: 63649153955     PISSN: 09524746     EISSN: 13616498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0952-4746/29/1/005     Document Type: Article

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