Natural radioactivity concentration of peanuts in Osmaniye-Turkey

Journal Article · Thu Sep 06 00:00:00 EDT 2012 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4751603· OSTI ID:22069203

Akkurt, Iskender; Guenoglu, Kadir; Mavi, Betuel; Kara, Ayhan ^[1]

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1. Suleyman Demirel University Isparta (Turkey)

The peanut is grown in Osmaniye where located in southern Turkey. Due to it is grown underground, the measurements of natural radioactivity of peanuts become important. For this reason some peanut samples have been collected from different places of Osmaniye and the measurements of natural activity concentrations for {sup 40}K, {sup 226}Ra and {sup 232}Th in some peanuts samples have been carried out using a NaI(Tl) gamma-ray spectrometer. Activity of {sup 40}K was measured from its intensive line at 1460 keV, for {sup 226}Ra activity peak from {sup 214}Bi at 1760 keV and {sup 232}Th activity, peak from {sup 208}Tl at energy of 2610 keV was used.

• OSTI ID: 22069203
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1476, Issue 1; Conference: 2. international advances in applied physics and materials science congress, Antalya (Turkey), 26-29 Apr 2012; Other Information: (c) 2012 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
37 INORGANIC
ORGANIC
PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
BISMUTH 214
CROPS
GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY
KEV RANGE
NAI DETECTORS
NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY
PEANUTS
POTASSIUM 40
QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
RADIUM 226
SOILS
THALLIUM 208
THORIUM 232
TURKEY