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Radioactivity
Radioactivity occurs in food in the form of natural radioactivity or in the form of contamination. In this chapter, the basic concepts of radiation... -
Natural and artificial radioactivity levels and external radiation dose levels of sand samples collected from Lara Beach, Antalya, Türkiye
This paper represents beach sand samples' natural and anthropogenic radionuclide concentrations and calculated external radiation dose levels. The...
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History of Radioactivity
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Initiation of Artificial Radioactivity of Impurity Elements in a Lead Cathode under Conditions of a Glow Discharge
AbstractThe possibility of initiation of nuclear chemical processes in the Pb cathode during a glow discharge in a low-temperature...
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Natural and artificial radioactivity levels of greenhouse soils and relations with soil properties
In this study, natural ( 226 Ra, 232 Th, 40 K) and artificial ( 137 Cs) radionuclide activity concentration levels of 63 greenhouse soils collected from...
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The current status of natural and artificial radiation in İstanbul 36 years after chernobyl, preceding a potential nuclear threat
In this study, the current status of natural and artificial radioactivity levels in soil samples from the Büyükçekmece and Silivri districts of...
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Effect of soil properties on radioactivity concentrations and dose assessment
This study evaluated the correlation between radioactivity concentrations and soil properties, and determined the total annual effective dose near an...
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Natural radioactivity and its radiological implications from soils and rocks in Jaintiapur area, North-east Bangladesh
Natural radioactivity concentrations in recent alluvial soils from swampy areas and Tertiary rocks from Jaintiapur were measured using gamma-ray...
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Natural radioactivity due to uranium and radon in thermal groundwaters of Central Brazil
Hot springs from the Caldas Novas Thermal Complex have been used for balneological purposes since its discovery in the eighteenth century. A detailed...
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Radioactivity of fertilizers used in Serbia and dose assessments for workers in the industry
Fertilizers contain a certain level of radioactivity and thus can affect the exposure of workers to radiation during production. The activity...
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Gamma spectrum analysis for in situ automatic monitoring of radioactivity in seawater
The NaI(Tl) detector has been an important research topic and application in the field of in situ marine radioactive automatic monitoring because of...
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Radioactivity of raw materials and wastes from zinc production in Serbia and radiation risk for workers
Raw materials and waste from the zinc industry represent a potential radiological hazard for workers in the industry, due to the potentially...
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Assessment of soil radioactivity levels and radiation hazards in Guangyao Village, South China
Soil samples were collected at 30 sampling points distributed evenly in Guangyao Village, South China to determine the radioactivity level around a...
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Identification of pre-seismic radon anomaly using artificial neural network near Indo-Burman subduction line
The study presents analysis of 1 year 15 min cycle radon data using artificial neural network (ANN) in an attempt to estimate earthquake prediction...
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Analysis of radioactivity of negative-ion powder and determination of 232Th
Negative-ion powders containing naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM) can be traded freely in several countries. To assess the...
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Estimation of the natural radioactivity levels in the soil along the Little Zab River, Kurdistan Region in Iraq
Gamma-ray spectrometry with high-purity germanium (HPGe) detector was used to estimate the natural radioactivity levels in the soil along the Little...
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Variation of radioactivity and trace metal elements during the growth period of water spinach
Plants uptake and accumulate nutrient from the surrounding area in different amounts depending on the nutritional needs of plants in each development...
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Evaluation of natural radioactivity and assessment of dose increase due to the use of fertilizers produced in Poland
Some types of fertilizers may contain various amounts of natural radionuclides like 238 U, 232 Th, 226 Ra, 40 K (Kuzmanoviæ et al. in J Radioanal Nucl...
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Natural Radioactivity and Radioelement Potentiality of Mylonite Rocks in Nugrus Area, Southeastern Desert, Egypt
AbstractThe present study focuses on the distribution of natural radionuclides and the determination of radioelement favorability in the Nugrus...
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Determination of radiological hazard parameters and radioactivity concentrations in bauxite samples: the case of the Sutlegen Mine Region (Antalya, Turkey)
Natural radioactivity mainly consists of U series, Th series, and K in soil and rocks. This study focuses on determining natural radioactivity...