The natural level of radioactivity in building materials is one of the major causes of external
exposure to γ-rays. The primordial radionuclides in building materials are one of the sources …

Using γ spectrometry, the concentration of the naturally occurring radionuclides 226 Ra, 232
Th and 40 K has been measured in soil, sand, cement, clay and bricks, which are used as …

Primordial radionuclides in building materials are one of the sources of radiation hazard in
dwellings made of those materials. Activity concentrations of primordial radionuclides 40 K …

The activity concentrations of 226Ra, 232Th and 40K have been determined by gamma-ray
spectrometry. The measured activity in the selected building materials ranges from (3.2 to …

At present time the different environmental compartments suffer from excessive
accumulation of various toxic pollutants, hazardous fallout contaminants and several …

Nowadays developing countries around the globe have been undergoing rapid
industrialization which is eventually responsible for environmental contamination. For proper …

The concentrations and distribution of natural and anthropogenic radionuclides in soils from
around the Kestanbol (Çanakkale), Turkey were investigated with an aim of evaluating the …

Bahawalpur is the largest division of the Punjab province in Pakistan. It is larger than many
countries of the world. Gamma activity from the naturally occurring radionuclides namely …

The present work deals with the radioactivity of the Archeozoic-Cambrian rocks of the
Weibei area, Shaanxi, China. A total of 45 rock samples of Archeozoic-Cambrian strata were …

The present work is directed to characterize the phosphogypsum (PG) wastes associated
with phosphoric acid produced by the wet process in industrial facility for the production of …