Characterization of gas concrete materials used in buildings of Turkey

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 168, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 681-687

  Damla, N ^a   Cevik, U ^a,c   Kobya, A I ^a   Celik, A ^b   Van Grieken, R ^c   Kobya, Y ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GIRESUN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chemical analysis; Gas concrete; Mass attenuation; Radioactivity; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ABSORBED DOSE; ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; ANNUAL EFFECTIVE DOSE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; GAS CONCRETE; HUMAN HEALTH; IN-BUILDING; INTERNAL HAZARD INDEX; MASS ATTENUATION; MASS ATTENUATION COEFFICIENTS; MEAN ACTIVITY CONCENTRATIONS; PHOTON ENERGY; RADIOLOGICAL RISKS; RADIUM EQUIVALENT ACTIVITY; SEM; TURKEY; XRD;

BUILDING MATERIALS; CHEMICALS; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; GAMMA RAYS; GASES; HEALTH RISKS; RADIATION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIUM; RISK MANAGEMENT; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

CONCRETE; POTASSIUM 40; RADON; THORIUM 232;

BUILDING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCRETE STRUCTURE; HEALTH RISK; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIUM; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; THORIUM;

ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; HEALTH HAZARD; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOACTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; TURKEY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 67649774974     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.02.092     Document Type: Article

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