https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-023-04452-w
Regular Article
Distribution maps and hazard of radioelements from granitic rocks in an Egypt region
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Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
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Radiological Science Department, College of Applied Medical Science, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia
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Department of Physics “Ettore Pancini”, University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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Nuclear Materials Authority, P.O. Box 530, El Maadi, Cairo, Egypt
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Institute of Physics and Technology, Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Russia
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BioImaging Unit, Space Research Centre, Michael Atiyah Building, University of Leicester, LE1 7RH, Leicester, UK
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Research Center for Advanced Materials Sciences (RCAMS), King Khalid University, P.O.Box 9004, 61413, Abha, Saudi Arabia
g mokhamed.khanfi@urfu.ru, m.nuc2012@gmail.com
Received:
10
July
2023
Accepted:
8
September
2023
Published online:
21
September
2023
The distribution maps of natural radioelement (40K, 232Th and 238U) over the Wadi El Bohlog–Wadi Kam Amiri region of Egypt desert were shown. Granitic rocks, characteristic building materials of the study region, were analyzed: (1) the radionuclides contents were determined by using NaI detector; (2) minerals were investigated by an environmental scan electron microscope (ESEM). The average values of 238U, 232Th, 40K are higher than the worldwide average. This is due to the main mineral composition of the granitic rock samples, like thorite, uranothorite, kasolite, zircon and xenotime. Radiological hazards indexes were computed to evaluate the radioactive risk of these rocks to the public, showing high values exceeding the worldwide limits.
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