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·2022 OPEN ACCESS

Exposure Analysis at the territory of Nevşehir (Cappadocia) due to additive gamma-rays in air, TURKEY

Muttalip Ergun TURGAY , Merve CİCEKFİDAN YTU , Nursel Sezgin

Journal of the Turkish Chemical Society Section A Chemistry

Abstract

Radioactivity measurements for water, soil, and air have been completed in national and international regions. The radioactivity process is randomized and occurs naturally by primordial nuclides. Another case is hand-made reactions which realized by artificial reactions. The high rate of the total dose of radiation, whichever is exposed to humans, originates as Natural Radioactivity. In this case, environmental radioactivity measurements are important to investigate the background radiation level, especially for primordial radioactive sources. This radiation which measured outdoor gamma dose includes both cosmic rays and terrestrial elements. Terrestrial radiation can be measured via gamma-ray spectroscopy separately. By the way, cosmic effects would be calculated by subtracting terrestrial from measured outdoor gamma dose. Scientific Committee (UNSCEAR, 2000) declares the annual dose for humans as 2.4 mSv. The radionuclides present in soil samples (terrestrial components) are considered responsible for a portion of this amount (1). Rest amounts are originated water (2) and air, too.

Keywords

Radionuclide Nuclide Environmental science Terrestrial ecosystem Gamma ray Cosmic ray Radiochemistry Radiation Environmental radioactivity Natural radioactivity Induced radioactivity Radiation dose Physics Nuclear medicine Chemistry Nuclear physics Ecosystem Ecology Biology Neutron

Subject Areas

Radioactivity and Radon Measurements ·Radiological and Ultrasound Technology ·Health Sciences
Nuclear Physics and Applications ·Radiation ·Physical Sciences
Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies ·Materials Chemistry ·Physical Sciences

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