Determination of some Radionucluides and Heavy elements concentrations in concrete raw materials
SPIE Proceedings 2015 • 2015
Publication Information
Authors
Mohamed M.ElFaham ,Osama Mostafa Khalil ,Asmaa Elhassan ,S. Salama
Keywords
Natural radionuclides, cement element concentrations
Journal
SPIE Proceedings 2015
Publisher
Ultrafast Nonlinear Imaging and Spectroscopy III Zhiwen Liu
Volume
Proc. SPIE 9584
Issue
August 26, 2015
Pages
7
publication.type
International
Paper Link
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Supplementary Materials
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Abstract
The presence of natural radionuclides in raw materials used in cement manufacturing was determined by using analytical methods. The used Raw materials are limestone, clay, slag, and gypsum, which be used with different concentrations in cement production. Different analytical techniques such as Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) technique, Gamma spectroscopy, Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) spectroscopy, X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF), in addition to X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) for phase identification of a crystalline material. The obtained data show that there is no significant radiological hazards arising from using the present cement components in the different applications. XRD data shows that there is no crystalline structures in the raw materials.
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