Abstract：
:Samples of phosphate fertilizers and farm soils, taken to a depth of up to 30 cm in cultivated land, were collected over the Qena governorate, Upper Egypt. Activity concentration of background radionuclides such as (226)Ra, (232)Th and (40)K of these samples were determined by gamma-ray spectrometry. The results show that these radionuclides were present in concentrations of 366+/-10.5, 66.7+/-7.3 and 4+/-2.6 Bq/kg for phosphate fertilizers. For farm soil and Nile island's soil the corresponding values were 13.7+/-7, 12.3+/-4.6, 1233+/-646 and 11.9+/-6.7, 10.5+/-6.1, 1636+/-417 Bq/kg, respectively. The radium equivalent activity (Ra(eq)), the representative level index, I(gamma r), and absorbed dose in air for all samples were calculated. The data were discussed and compared with those given in the literature.
journal_name
J Environ Radioactjournal_title
Journal of environmental radioactivityauthors
Ahmed NK,El-Arabi AGdoi
10.1016/j.jenvrad.2005.04.007subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2005-01-01 00:00:00pages
51-64issue
1eissn
0265-931Xissn
1879-1700pii
S0265-931X(05)00134-7journal_volume
84pub_type
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