Elemental and Radioactivity Concentration of Stream Sediments in Abu-Rusheid, Nugrus Area – South Eastern Desert, Egypt

S. U. El-kameesy; S. Y. Afifi; A. Hamid; Ali Ajeeb

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Elemental and Radioactivity Concentration of Stream Sediments in Abu-Rusheid, Nugrus Area – South Eastern Desert, Egypt

S. U. El-kameesy, S. Y. Afifi, A. Hamid, Ali Ajeeb

Published in American Journal of Physics and Applications (Volume 3, Issue 6)

Received: 16 September 2015 Accepted: 7 October 2015 Published: 20 October 2015

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Abstract

As a part of the national survey to evaluate some strategic elements such as U, Mn, Fe and Cu we have undertaken a quantitative study to fulfill this target. Twenty sediment samples were collected from Abu Rusheid Area in South Eastern desert of Egypt. The concentrations of radium-226 and thorium-232 were determined by direct counting using a hyper pure germanium (HPGe) detector interfaced with a multi-channel analyzer (MCA) .The obtained results showed that the specific activity of ²²⁶Ra ranged from 65.71±16 to 208.2±20 Bq/kg and ²³²Th from 27.14±8.69 to 206.89±40.1 Bq/kg while ⁴⁰K from 127.73 to 443.84 Bq/kg. These values are higher than the international recommended levels. The radium equivalent activity (Ra_eq), the absorbed dose rate (D), the external hazard index (Hex), the annual effective dose equivalent (AEDE) and the representative level index (Iγr) were also calculated and compared with the international recommended values. Additionally, X-ray fluorescence analysis for soil sample has been performed and considerable concentrations of Al, Fe, Mn and Zn has been found.

Published in	American Journal of Physics and Applications (Volume 3, Issue 6)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajpa.20150306.11
Page(s)	183-189
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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²²⁶Ra, ²³²Th, ⁴⁰K, Norm, South Eastern, Absorbed Dose Rates, Radium Equivalent Activity, External Hazard Index

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S. U. El-kameesy

Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
S. Y. Afifi

Nuclear Materials Authority (NMA), Cairo, Egypt
A. Hamid

Radiated Pollution Department, Hot Laboratories Center, Atomic Energy Authority, Egypt
Ali Ajeeb

Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

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