Assessment of natural radiation exposure and radon exhalation rate in various samples of Egyptian building materials

dc.AffiliationOctober University for modern sciences and Arts (MSA)
dc.contributor.authorThabayneh, K. M
dc.contributor.authorShoeib, M. Y
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-24T12:56:17Z
dc.date.available2019-12-24T12:56:17Z
dc.date.issued2014-04
dc.descriptionAccession Number: WOS:000215701300005en_US
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this investigation was to determine the amount of gamma-decay of several building materials used in Egypt, in terms of Bq kg(-1), and to calculate the radiological effect caused by this radioactivity. Activity concentrations of Ra-226, Th-232 and K-40 in 30 samples of manufactured building materials were measured using gamma-spectroscopy system based on high-purity germanium detector with an efficiency of 40 %. The activity concentrations for 226Ra, 232Th, and 40K, from the selected building materials, ranged from (8.15 +/- 2.81 to 288.5 +/- 17.49 Bq kg(-1)), (3.59 +/- 1.36 to 77.77 +/- 15.61 Bq kg-1) and (4.09 +/- 4.72 to 1314 +/- 15.30 Bq kg(-1)), respectively. Radium equivalent activities, absorbed dose rate, Excess lifetime cancer risk and the values of hazard indexes were calculated for the measured samples to assess the radiation hazards arising from using those materials in the construction of dwellings. These results show that annual dose absorbed by inhabitants from construction materials used in Egypt (except cement bricks) are below 1.0 mSv y(-1). Therefore, the types used in the current study are quite safe to be used as building materials, except the cement brick, granite and ceramic samples which are critical points for safety in construction. Finally, the so-called can technique has been used to measure radium content and exhalation rates of radon in these building materials samples. Positive correlation was found between radium concentration and radon exhalation rates. Copyright (C) 2014, The Egyptian Society of Radiation Sciences and Applications. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrras.2014.01.004
dc.identifier.issn1687-8507
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrras.2014.01.004
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1687850714000107
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherTAYLOR & FRANCIS LTDen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesJOURNAL OF RADIATION RESEARCH AND APPLIED SCIENCES;Volume: 7 Issue: 2 Pages: 174-181
dc.relation.urihttps://t.ly/wnj2x
dc.subjectUniversity for Radon exhalation ratesen_US
dc.subjectLR-115en_US
dc.subjectgamma-absorbed dose rateen_US
dc.subjectBuilding materialsen_US
dc.subjectNatural radioactivityen_US
dc.titleAssessment of natural radiation exposure and radon exhalation rate in various samples of Egyptian building materialsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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