Determination of radionuclide activities and radon emanation power of soil from ex-mining area in Kampung Gajah, Perak / Muhammad 'Azim Jamaluddin

Naturally occurring radioisotopes such as U-238 and Th-232 are present in earth's crust producing uranium and thorium daughters such as Ra-226 and Ra-228. Radium is found at low level in soil, water, rocks, coal, plants and food. K-40 also exist in the earth crust with a concentration of higher...

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Main Author:	Jamaluddin, Muhammad 'Azim
Format:	Student Project
Language:	English
Published:	Faculty of Applied Sciences 2009
Subjects:	TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
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spelling	uitm-231452019-02-25T04:49:39Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/23145/ Determination of radionuclide activities and radon emanation power of soil from ex-mining area in Kampung Gajah, Perak / Muhammad 'Azim Jamaluddin Jamaluddin, Muhammad 'Azim TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering Naturally occurring radioisotopes such as U-238 and Th-232 are present in earth's crust producing uranium and thorium daughters such as Ra-226 and Ra-228. Radium is found at low level in soil, water, rocks, coal, plants and food. K-40 also exist in the earth crust with a concentration of higher than Ra- 226 and Ra-228 since it is the most abundance naturally occurring radionuclide. In this study, the activity concentrations of Ra-226, Ra-228 and K-40 were determined in topsoil samples collected from 8 point of soil located at an ex-mining area at Kampung Gajah, Perak. 400 g of dried samples were ground and packed in a plastic container and allow to stabilize for at least three week before counting using gamma spectrometer with Germanium hyper pure detector (HPGe). The gamma spectra were analyzed for the activity concentrations of Ra-226 and Ra-228 and K-40. In conclusion, the average of Ra-226, Ra-228 and K-40 activity concentration are 145.93 Bq/kg, 150.49 Bq/kg and 565.29 Bq/kg respectively. Rn-222 concentration from soil is determined by putting a radon monitor in a fully covered aquarium and allowed to cquilibriate for three days. The activity concentration of Ra-226 and concentration of Rn-222 are then used to calculate emanation power of Rn-222 from each sample, which can be concluded ranged between 0.01 to 0.08. Faculty of Applied Sciences 2009 Student Project NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/23145/1/PPb_MUHAMMAD%20%27AZIM%20JAMALUDDIN%20AS%2009_5.pdf Jamaluddin, Muhammad 'Azim (2009) Determination of radionuclide activities and radon emanation power of soil from ex-mining area in Kampung Gajah, Perak / Muhammad 'Azim Jamaluddin. [Student Project] (Unpublished)
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description	Naturally occurring radioisotopes such as U-238 and Th-232 are present in earth's crust producing uranium and thorium daughters such as Ra-226 and Ra-228. Radium is found at low level in soil, water, rocks, coal, plants and food. K-40 also exist in the earth crust with a concentration of higher than Ra- 226 and Ra-228 since it is the most abundance naturally occurring radionuclide. In this study, the activity concentrations of Ra-226, Ra-228 and K-40 were determined in topsoil samples collected from 8 point of soil located at an ex-mining area at Kampung Gajah, Perak. 400 g of dried samples were ground and packed in a plastic container and allow to stabilize for at least three week before counting using gamma spectrometer with Germanium hyper pure detector (HPGe). The gamma spectra were analyzed for the activity concentrations of Ra-226 and Ra-228 and K-40. In conclusion, the average of Ra-226, Ra-228 and K-40 activity concentration are 145.93 Bq/kg, 150.49 Bq/kg and 565.29 Bq/kg respectively. Rn-222 concentration from soil is determined by putting a radon monitor in a fully covered aquarium and allowed to cquilibriate for three days. The activity concentration of Ra-226 and concentration of Rn-222 are then used to calculate emanation power of Rn-222 from each sample, which can be concluded ranged between 0.01 to 0.08.
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author	Jamaluddin, Muhammad 'Azim
author_facet	Jamaluddin, Muhammad 'Azim
author_sort	Jamaluddin, Muhammad 'Azim
title	Determination of radionuclide activities and radon emanation power of soil from ex-mining area in Kampung Gajah, Perak / Muhammad 'Azim Jamaluddin
title_short	Determination of radionuclide activities and radon emanation power of soil from ex-mining area in Kampung Gajah, Perak / Muhammad 'Azim Jamaluddin
title_full	Determination of radionuclide activities and radon emanation power of soil from ex-mining area in Kampung Gajah, Perak / Muhammad 'Azim Jamaluddin
title_fullStr	Determination of radionuclide activities and radon emanation power of soil from ex-mining area in Kampung Gajah, Perak / Muhammad 'Azim Jamaluddin
title_full_unstemmed	Determination of radionuclide activities and radon emanation power of soil from ex-mining area in Kampung Gajah, Perak / Muhammad 'Azim Jamaluddin
title_sort	determination of radionuclide activities and radon emanation power of soil from ex-mining area in kampung gajah, perak / muhammad 'azim jamaluddin
publisher	Faculty of Applied Sciences
publishDate	2009
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Determination of radionuclide activities and radon emanation power of soil from ex-mining area in Kampung Gajah, Perak / Muhammad 'Azim Jamaluddin

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