| publication name | Determination of some Radionucluides and Heavy elements concentrations in concrete raw materials |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mohamed M.ElFaham ,Osama Mostafa Khalil ,Asmaa Elhassan ,S. Salama |
| year | 2015 |
| keywords | Natural radionuclides, cement element concentrations |
| journal | SPIE Proceedings 2015 |
| volume | Proc. SPIE 9584 |
| issue | August 26, 2015 |
| pages | 7 |
| publisher | Ultrafast Nonlinear Imaging and Spectroscopy III Zhiwen Liu |
| Local/International | International |
| Paper Link | http://proceedings.spiedigitallibrary.org/proceeding.aspx?articleid=2432478 |
| Full paper | download |
| Supplementary materials | Not Available |
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.