Natural radioactivity in the soil samples of Botswana

被引：41

作者：

Murty, V. R. K. ^{[2
]}

Karunakara, N. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Mangalore Univ, Univ Sci Instrumentat Ctr, Mangalagangothri 574199, Karnataka, India

[2] Univ Botswana, Dept Phys, Gaborone, Botswana

来源：

RADIATION MEASUREMENTS | 2008年 / 43卷 / 9-10期

关键词：

Radioactivity; Botswana; Gamma spectrometry; Absorbed dose; Effective dose;

D O I：

10.1016/j.radmeas.2008.10.004

中图分类号：

TL [原子能技术]; O571 [原子核物理学];

学科分类号：

0827 ; 082701 ;

摘要：

Studies on concentrations of primordial radionuclides in soil samples of Botswana were carried out. Measurements were made by gamma spectrometry employing a 41% relative efficiency HPGe detector. The activity of Ra-226 was found to vary in the range 6.1-97.4 Bq kg(-1) with a mean value of 34.8 Bq kg(-1), Th-232, in 7.4-110.0 Bq kg(-1) with a mean value of 41.8 Bq kg(-1) and that of K-40 between 33.5 and 1085.7 Bq kg(-1) with a mean value of 432.7 Bq kg(-1) in surface soils. Existence of strong correlations in the distributions of these radionuclides indicates that an individual result for any one of the radionuclide is a good predictor of the concentration of the other. The mean value of effective dose, due to the U-238 series, Th-232 series and K-40 in soil, was 0.07 mSV. The results of the present study are compared with the literature values reported for other normal background regions of the world and discussed. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：1541 / 1545

页数：5

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