Assessment of natural radioactivity and mass attenuation coefficients of brick and roofing tile used in Turkey

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 701-708

  Damla, N ^a   Cevik, U ^b   Kobya, A I ^b   Celik, A ^c   Celik, N ^d   Yldrm, I ^b  

^a BATMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c GIRESUN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d Gumuhane University   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brick and roofing tile; Chemical analysis; Mass attenuation coefficients; Radioactivity; Turkey; XRD

Indexed keywords

ABSORBED DOSE RATE; ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; ANNUAL EFFECTIVE DOSE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; ENERGY RANGES; GAMMA DOSE; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; MASS ATTENUATION COEFFICIENTS; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; NATURAL RADIONUCLIDES; RADIUM EQUIVALENT ACTIVITY; ROOFING TILE; THEORETICAL VALUES; TURKEY; XRD;

AIR INTAKES; BRICK; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; GAMMA RAYS; RADIATION; RADIATION HAZARDS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; RADIUM; ROOFS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

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EID: 79961024758     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2011.06.004     Document Type: Article

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