Assessment of natural radionuclides and its radiological hazards from tiles made in Nigeria

• Main Authors: Joel, E.S., Maxwell, O., Adewoyin, O.O, Ehi-Eromosele, C.O, Embong, Z., Saeed, M.A
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: ScienceDirect 2018
• Subjects: QC Physics; T Technology (General); QC474-496.9 Radiation physics (General); QC770-798 Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity
• Online Access: http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4639/1/AJ%202018%20%28116%29.pdf; http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4639/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radphyschem.2017.11.003

Activity concentration of 10 different brands of tiles made in Nigeria were analyzed using High purity Germanium gamma detector and its hazard indices such as absorbed dose rate, radium equivalent activity, external Hazard Index (Hex), internal Hazard Index (Hin), Annual Effective Dose (mSv/y), Gamm...