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MEASUREMENT OF RADON GAS CONCENTRATION IN FERTILIZER SAMPLES USING IRRADIATED CR-39 NUCLEAR TRACK DETECTOR

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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In the present work, we have measured the radon gas concentration; effective dose and exhalation rate for some fertilizers samples, raw materials, triple super phosphate and single super phosphate by using alpha-emitters registrations that are emitted from radon gas in CR-39 nuclear track detector after irradiated with gamma rays. The results indicated that the highest average radon gas concentration in fertilizer samples was found in raw material, triple super phosphate (T.S.P) samples (269.620Bq/m3and  186.8 Bq/m3,respectively) while the lowest average radon gas concentration was found in single super phosphate ( S.S.P.) for powder and granules  samples, 79.6 Bq/m3 and 52.90 Bq/ m3, respectively . These results show that the radon concentration; effective dose and exhalation rate in all fertilizers samples and waste product are below the allowed limit according to the International Commission of Radiation Protection agency.  

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10.21608/jes.2016.28277

Keywords

Key words: Gamma irradiation, Alpha particle, CR-39

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Nouh,

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S.A.

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Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University

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El-Desoky,

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T.

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Faculty of Girls for Arts, Science and Education, Ain Shams University.

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Diab,

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H. M.

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Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Authority.

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Mokhtar,

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Samia

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Faculty of Girls for Arts, Science and Education, Ain Shams University

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Hassan,

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M.

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Egypt Air Cargo, Cairo, Egypt

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35

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4972

Issue Date

2016-09-01

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2016-06-03

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2016-06-01

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21

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34

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1110-0826

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2636-3178

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599

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Journal of Environmental Science

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https://jes.journals.ekb.eg/

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22 Jan 2023