Determination of Natural Radioactivity Concentrations in Surface Soils in the Yeşilırmak River in Amasya, Turkey

• Authors: B. Çetin
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In this study, natural radioactivity concentration in the surface soils along the Yeşilırmak river in Amasya have been investigated. The activity concentrations of radionuclides of the ²²⁶Ra and ²³²Th decay chains and of the ⁴⁰K were determined by means of gamma-ray spectrometry measurements made using a 3 × 3'' NaI(Tl) detector system. Concerning radiological risk, the absorbed gamma dose in air from those soils and the outdoor annual effective dose equivalent were calculated.

Keywords

EN

29.90.+r; 29.30.-h

Discipline

• 29.90.+r: Other topics in elementary-particle and nuclear physics experimental methods and instrumentation (restricted to new topics in section 29)
• 29.30.-h: Spectrometers and spectroscopic techniques(for energy loss and stopping power, see 34.50.Bw in atomic physics, and 61.85.+p in condensed matter physics)

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 130
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 320-321

Dates

published

2016-07

Contributors

author

B. Çetin

• Amasya University, Physics Department, Amasya, Turkey

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.130.320