An investigation on the natural radioactivity of building materials, raw materials and interior coatings in central Turkey

Erkan A.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, cilt.37, sa.4, ss.199-203, 2007 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 37 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2007
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.199-203
  • Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Aim: The aim of this investigation was to measure the amount of gamma-decay of several building materials (brick and cement), raw materials (fly-ash and soil), interior coating materials (foam [used as a thermal insulator], water-based paints, solvent-based paints and phosphogypsum) from central Turkey, in terms of Bq kg(-1), and to calculate the biological damage caused by this radioactivity.