This paper presents data on the content of toxic elements (Mn, Ni, Zn, Cu, Pb, As, Cr, Cd and Co), technogenic (137Cs, 134Cs) natural radionuclides 238U 232Th series (234Th, 226Ra, 210Pb, 232Th) 40K in sediments collected from ten sampling stations along northern Bulgarian Black Sea coast for a period more than twenty years. Measurements were made by Gamma Spectrometry Inductively Coupled Plasm...

The radioactive isotope beam (RIB) of 25Na at 5MeV/u energy in maximum 3x107 pps intensity was fired on a deuterated polyethylene (CD2) to investigate mainly (d,p gamma) reaction. However, there were other reaction possibilities, which arisen from the same collision, be eliminated wisely. As particle detector and gamma-ray detector, highly selective double-sided silicon strip detectors (DSSSD) ...

To obtain high quality of results in gamma spectrometry, it is necessary to calibrate energy and efficiency of gamma detector as accurate as possible. To achieve this aim, utilizing the convenient gamma source can be very useful. Therefore, purpose of present study was to evaluate the determined efficiency by single point gamma sources and multi-nuclides gamma source in a high purity germanium ...

Uranium is a rare earth element found in the earth’s crust with an average of 3 ppm. Natural uranium is a mixture of three radioactive isotopes U (99.27% abundance), U (0.72% abundance) and U (0.0054% abundance). It has been employed over the last seven decades as a source of energy and weapon. Enrichment processes were widely practiced to produce the necessary fuel. On the other hand, depleted...

Mass spectrometry technologies for measurement of cellular metabolism are opening new avenues to explore drug activity. Trimethoprim is an antibiotic that inhibits bacterial dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR). Kinetic flux profiling with (15)N-labeled ammonia in Escherichia coli reveals that trimethoprim leads to blockade not only of DHFR but also of another critical enzyme of folate metabolism: fo...

Distributions of primordial radionuclides in soil and vegetables were investigated using high-purity germanium gamma-ray spectrometry. Gamma-ray spectrometry is one of the most accepted and widely used techniques for the detection and analysis of radioactive materials for a wide range of activity. Important properties of the employed gamma-ray detector were also determined to ensure the accurac...