International Journal of New Horizons in Physics
Journal license

Journal

International Journal of New Horizons in Physics


Volume
& Issue

Volume 1, Issue 1


Published
on

July 1, 2014


Pages

25-32


DOI

Article

Determination of natural radioactivity in building raw materials from the quarries of Assiut cement company, Assiut, Egypt.

Check for updates


Authors

M. A. M. Uosif* Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Al-Azahar University, 71542 Assiut, Egypt
, Shams A. M. Issa Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Al-Azahar University, 71542 Assiut, Egypt
, A. A. Ebrahim Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Assuit University, Assuit, Egypt
, Elbadry M. Zahran Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Assuit University, Assuit, Egypt
and Mahmoud Moussa Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Assuit University, Assuit, Egypt


Abstract

By using gamma spectrometry (NaI (Tl) 3" x 3"), the concentrations of ($^{226}$Ra, $^{232}$Th and $^{40}$K) were measured and its radiological hazards were presented in this paper for some building raw materials (sand, clay and limestone) collected from the quarries of Assiut cement company, Assiut, Egypt. The concentration values of ($^{226}$Ra, $^{232}$Th and $^{40}$K) were in between (3.6 ± 0.4 and 16.8 ± 1.4), (1.1 ± 0.2 and 11.9 ± 1.6) and (4.3 ± 0.3) and (155.2 ± 9) respectively. The radiation hazard indices like: Radium equivalent (Raeq), external hazard index (Hex), activity concentration index (Iex), the specific dose rates in door (D), the annual effective dose (DE) due to gamma radiation and the annual gonadal dose equivalent (AGDE) were calculated, it was below the world average value 300 Sv y−1. The excess lifetime cancer risk (ELCR) have been calculated, its values were lower than the world's average value of (0.29 × 10−3) comparing with internationally recommended values.


Keywords

Building raw materials, Activity concentration index, Dose rate, Annual effective dose


Citation

Uosif, M. A. M., Issa, S. A. M., Ebrahim, A. A., Zahran, E. M., & Moussa, M. (2014). Determination of natural radioactivity in building raw materials from the quarries of assiut cement company, assiut, egypt. International Journal of New Horizons in Physics, 1(1), 25–32. https://doi.org/10.12785/ijnhp/010104

Published by: Engineering Journals

Engineering Journals Logo