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Determination of some Radionucluides and Heavy elements concentrations in concrete raw materials

SPIE Proceedings 2015 • 2015
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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 Open Link
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.