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Measurement of Natural Radioactivity in Selected Soil Samples from the Archaeological of Babylon City, Iraq |
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PP: 31-35 |
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doi:10.18576/jrna/010105
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Author(s) |
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Mahmood S. Karim,
Hasan H. Daroysh,
Taghreed K. Hameed,
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Abstract |
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| The specific activity of natural radionuclides in 10 soil samples collected from the antiquitys area of the archaeological of Babylon city. Experimental results were obtained by using a Gamma ray spectrometer analysis system consists of a scintillation detector NaI(Tl) of (3"×3") crystal dimension. The results have shown that, the specific activity, for U-238 ranged between (9.060 Bq/kg) to (21.220 Bq/kg), with the average value (15.485 Bq/kg), the specific activity of Th-232 was ranged between (11.590 Bq/kg) to (19.040 Bq/kg), with the average value of (15.505 Bq/kg), while the specific activity of K-40 was ranged between (122.250 Bq/kg) to (232.540 Bq/kg), with the average value of (170.206 Bq/kg). All soil samples of the archaeology of Babylon city were found to be lower than the recommended values given by (UNSCEA Rreports). In order to assess the radiological hazards of the radioactivity in soil samples of the archaeological of Babylon city, (Raeq, DƔ, AEDin, AEDout, EAD, Iɣ, Hin and Hex) have been calculated, and all the obtained results were found to be less than the allowed limits given by (UNSCEAR reports), the originality in the paper consider is the first study in Iraq to measured specific activity for Babylon archaeological for the first time as far as authors know. |
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