<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> The radioactivity of some structural building materials, rows, binders, and final construction products, originating from Serbia or imported from other countries, was investigated in the current study by using the standard HPGe gamma spectrometry. The absorbed dose in the air was computed by the method of buildup factors for models of the room with the walls of concrete, gas-concrete, brick and stone. Using the conversion coefficients obtained by interpolation of the International Commission on Radiobiological Protection (ICRP) equivalent doses for isotropic irradiation, the corresponding average indoor effective dose from the radiation of building materials of 0.24 mSv·y−1 was determined. The outdoor dose of 0.047 mSv·y−1 was estimated on the basis of values of the specific absorbed dose rates calculated for the radiation of the series of 238U, 232Th and 40K from the ground and covering materials. The literature values of the effective dose conversion coefficients for ground geometry were applied as well as the published data for content of the radionuclides in the soil. </abstract>

The radioactivity of some structural building materials, rows, binders, and final construction products, originating from Serbia or imported from other countries, was investigated in the current study by using the standard HPGe gamma spectrometry. The absorbed dose in the air was computed by the method of buildup factors for models of the room with the walls of concrete, gas-concrete, brick and stone. Using the conversion coefficients obtained by interpolation of the International Commission on Radiobiological Protection (ICRP) equivalent doses for isotropic irradiation, the corresponding average indoor effective dose from the radiation of building materials of 0.24 mSv·y−1 was determined. The outdoor dose of 0.047 mSv·y−1 was estimated on the basis of values of the specific absorbed dose rates calculated for the radiation of the series of 238U, 232Th and 40K from the ground and covering materials. The literature values of the effective dose conversion coefficients for ground geometry were applied as well as the published data for content of the radionuclides in the soil.

The dose of gamma radiation from building materials and soil

Institute of Occupational Health, Vojislava Ilića bb, 18000 Niš, Serbia

Department of Physics, University of Niš, P. O. Box 224, 18000 Niš, Serbia

Faculty of Science, University of Kragujevac, 12 R. Domanovića Str., 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia

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The radioactivity of some structural building materials, rows, binders, and final construction products, originating from Serbia or imported from other...

The dose of gamma radiation from building materials and soil

Published Online: Dec 30, 2015

Page range: 951 - 958

Received: Apr 02, 2015

Accepted: Sep 17, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/nuka-2015-0148

Keywords
natural radioactivity, building materials, soil, dose

© by Dragoslav Nikezić

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

The dose of gamma radiation from building materials and soil

Published Online: Dec 30, 2015

Page range: 951 - 958

Received: Apr 02, 2015

Accepted: Sep 17, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/nuka-2015-0148

Keywordsnatural radioactivity, building materials, soil, dose

© by Dragoslav Nikezić

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
natural radioactivity, building materials, soil, dose