| NUKLEONIKA 2013, 58(2):329-331
DETERMINATION OF URANIUM CONCENTRATIONS IN SOME BUILDING MATERIALS IN IRAQLaith A. Najam1, Nada F. Tawfiq2, Qabas A. Yassen3 1 Department of Physics, College of Science, University of Mosul, Mosul, Iraq 2 Department of Physics, College of Science, Al-Nahrain University, Bagdad, Iraq 3 Department of Physics, College of Education Ibin Al-Haitham, University of Baghdad, Bagdad, Iraq Eleven commonly used building construction materials were collected from several origins in Iraq and analyzed for uranium concentration using a fission track technique. The results of measurements of uranium concentration ranged between 0.22 ppm in ceramics and 1.86 ppm in marble. The obtained results were well below the allowed limit of 11.7 ppm. Close X |