Abstract

Seasonal monitoring of the natural radon levels was done for sediment samples picked from particular locations over the Tigris River in Baghdad city area for the whole year 2018. CR-39 passive detector was used for detecting alpha activity in the sediment samples of the 20 g mass. The alpha (α) activities from radon were found to be comparatively higher during the dry season and lower during the rainfalls season. The radium content of the samples was the highest in site4 sediment samples (south Baghdad) is likely because of the outcome of great human activities particularly Al-Dora oil refinery. The variations in radon levels were possibly referred to the type of the collected sediment samples and human activities that influence the river environs. The determining radon levels in the most investigated sediment samples were within the recommended world average values.

Details

Title
Radioactivity Assessment in the Sediments Samples of Tigris River, Baghdad, Iraq
Author
Amin, Sahar A 1 ; Al-Ani, Rana R 1 ; Ghazi, Ahmed N 1 ; MTA Mohammed 1 

1  Environment Research Center, University of Technology, Iraq 
Publication year
2021
Publication date
Jun 2021
Publisher
IOP Publishing
ISSN
17551307
e-ISSN
17551315
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/779/1/012050
ProQuest document ID
2548812743
Copyright
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