Health and well-being are vitally important aspects of people centric building design and are
the roots of productivity. Sick building syndrome (SBS) is a collection of factors that can …

With an aim of efficiently using radiations in different fields, radiation physicists are
continuously exploring different type of materials in terms of visualizing various parameters …

As it is important to obtain accurate analytical result in an experimental research, this
required quality control of the experimental system. Gamma spectrometry system can be …

The activity concentrations of 226 Ra, 232 Th, and 40 K from 102 building materials samples
were determined using a high-purity germanium (HPGe) detector. The activity …

One-hundred-fifty-one samples of six types of building materials were collected from
different locations of the Tiruvannamalai District, Tamilnadu, and were analyzed using a …

This study investigated the environmental risk of natural radioactivity and some toxic
elements in quarry site located in Nkalagu, Southeastern Nigeria. Background radiometric …

Building materials are one of the potential sources of indoor radioactivity because of the
naturally occuring radionuclides in them. External as well as internal exposures are the two …

In this study, we evaluated the activity concentration of natural radionuclides (226 Ra, 232
Th and 40 K) for fifteen (15) different brands of tile samples used for building purposes in …

People have always been exposed to radiation and it is important to determine this radiation
dose for radioactive contamination. The main source for this radiation is from earth and is …

Abstract The concentrations of 226 Ra, 232 Th and 40 K in the commonly used building
materials of Weinan, China were measured using γ-ray spectrometry. The associated …