Radiation dose estimation and mass attenuation coefficients of cement samples used in Turkey

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 176, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 644-649

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

^a BATMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c GIRESUN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cement; Chemical analysis; Mass attenuation; Radioactivity; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ABSORBED DOSE; ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; ANNUAL EFFECTIVE DOSE; CEMENT SAMPLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS ANALYSIS; GAMMA DOSE; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; IN-BUILDINGS; MASS ATTENUATION; MASS ATTENUATION COEFFICIENTS; MEAN ACTIVITY CONCENTRATIONS; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGICAL HAZARD; RADIUM EQUIVALENT ACTIVITY;

CHEMICALS; GAMMA RAYS; RADIATION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOMETRY; RADIUM;

CEMENTS;

CEMENT; RADIOISOTOPE;

ADSORPTION; CEMENT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HAZARDOUS WASTE; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE; RADIUM; SAMPLING;

ARTICLE; BUILDING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOACTIVITY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOISOTOPES; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; TURKEY;

TURKEY;

EID: 74449091156     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.11.080     Document Type: Article

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