Background: Inspection of the level of radioactivity from radionuclides in soil is important for the assessment of the exposure to natural radiation. Materials and Methods: Ten samples from soil were collected from different sites of Kirkuk-IRAQ and the level of natural radioactivity was measured using gamma-ray spectrometry based on a high purity germanium (HPGe) detector. Results: It was foun...

poly n-isopropylacrylamide was successfully grafted onto a polystyrene cell culture dish by gamma ray. in this study, the effect of a radiation dose (radiation absorbed dosages of 10, 20, 30, 40 kgy) under appropriate temperature and grafting conditions was investigated. the ftir analysis showed the existence of the graft pnipaam on the substrate. the optimal value of the dose for grafting was ...

Concern has been expressed following the adoption of average β and γ energies taken from TAGS (total absorption gamma-ray spectrometry) for decay-heat calculations (Yoshida et al., 2004). As a consequence of these difficulties, experimental efforts are being made to resolve the current uncertainties in the β-strength distributions of some of the most relevant decayheat radionuclides and to addr...

Mapping environmental radioactivity from field gamma-ray spectrometry is a valuable tool for understanding and interpreting pedological control of naturally occurring radioactivity. Soil properties and water content affect the behaviour of natural radioactivity. The main aim of the study were to explore and map the activity of three naturally occurring radionuclides (Th, U, K) in an olive orcha...

Background: Prompt gamma neutron activation analysis (PGNAA) is known as a non-invasive technique capable of measuring elemental concentration in voluminous samples in a short period of time. Also it is a valuable diagnostic tool for total body elemental measurements. 252Cf and 241Am-Be sources which are usually used in this method, generate not only neutrons, but also emit high-energy and unwa...

this research was performed to compare electron beam (eb) and gamma ray (gr) treatments at doses of 25, 50 and 75 kilo gray (kgy) on ruminal degradation kinetics and in vitro digestibility of sunflower meal (sfm). ionizing radiations of eb and gr had significant effects )p

the purpose of the research was determine the effects of gamma ray on seed germination, seedling height and root length of rice (oryza sativa l. spp. indica cv. mr219) to identify the lethal dosage of the radiation. paddy seeds of mr219 were exposed to different doses of gamma radiations viz 50,100,150,200,250,300,350,400,450,500,600,700,800,900 and 1000 gy using 60co as the radiation source. t...

naturally occurring radionuclides have different amount of activity concentration for 226 ra, 232 th and 40 k in building materials. in this study, natural radioactivity has been measured for bricks used in tehran. for this work, 9 samples of three types of bricks, clay brick (cb), making the facade brick (mfb) and firebrick (fb) has been selected from different regions and factories in tehran....

The activity per unit mass of an iodine-131 solution was absolutely standardized by both the 4πβ-γ coincidence method and the 4πγ counting technique. The calibrated solution was used to prepare point sources after a preliminary deposit of AgNO3 to prevent the loss of volatile iodine. Relative and absolute photon emission intensities of 15 sgamma-rays and those of the two K X-rays of xenon were ...

In present and future experiments in the field of rare events physics a background index of 10(-3) counts/(keV kg a) or better in the region of interest is envisaged. A thorough material screening is mandatory in order to achieve this goal. The results of a systematic study of radioactive trace impurities in selected materials using ultra low-level gamma-ray spectrometry in the framework of the...