Natural Radioactivity Assessment and Radiation Hazards of Pegmatite as a Building Material, Hafafit Area, Southeastern Desert, Egypt.

alpha index natural radioactivity pegmatite radiation hazards south-eastern desert

Journal

Toxics
ISSN: 2305-6304
Titre abrégé: Toxics
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101639637

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
09 Oct 2022
Historique:
received: 04 08 2022
revised: 28 09 2022
accepted: 05 10 2022
entrez: 26 10 2022
pubmed: 27 10 2022
medline: 27 10 2022
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Sixty-seven sites of Hafafit pegmatite from the Southeastern Desert of Egypt were investigated radiometrically in the field using an in situ γ-ray spectrometer to determine eU, eTh, and K contents. The obtained results ranged from 0.4 to 6 ppm for eU with a mean value of 2.5 ppm, from 0.2 to 32 ppm for eTh with a mean value of 6.7 ppm, and from 0.7% to 5.4% for K with a mean value of 3.3%. Consequently, the radiological effects from these rocks were estimates by determination of the environmental parameters: gamma activity concentration index Iγ, external hazard index H

Identifiants

pubmed: 36287876
pii: toxics10100596
doi: 10.3390/toxics10100596
pmc: PMC9607233
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

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Auteurs

El-Afandy H Adel (EH)

Contracts Sector, Nuclear Materials Authority, Cairo P.O. Box 530, Egypt.

Samia H Taha (SH)

Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Al Azhar University, Cairo P.O. Box 11884, Egypt.

Osama A Ebyan (OA)

Contracts Sector, Nuclear Materials Authority, Cairo P.O. Box 530, Egypt.

Wafaa M Rashed (WM)

Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, New Vally University, Alkharja 72511, Egypt.

Mohamed G El-Feky (MG)

Contracts Sector, Nuclear Materials Authority, Cairo P.O. Box 530, Egypt.

Mohammed S Alqahtani (MS)

Department of Radiological Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, Abha 61421, Saudi Arabia.
BioImaging Unit, Space Research Centre, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK.

Korany A Korany (KA)

Department of Basic Sciences, Common First Year Deanship, Jouf University, Sakaka P.O. Box 214, Saudi Arabia.

Mohamed Y Hanfi (MY)

Contracts Sector, Nuclear Materials Authority, Cairo P.O. Box 530, Egypt.
Institute of Physics and Technology, Ural Federal University, St. Mira 19, Yekaterinburg 620002, Russia.

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