Assessment of terrestrial gamma radiation doses for some Egyptian granite samples.

@article{ElArabi2008AssessmentOT,
  title={Assessment of terrestrial gamma radiation doses for some Egyptian granite samples.},
  author={A M El Arabi and Nour Khalifa Ahmed and Khaled Salahel Din},
  journal={Radiation protection dosimetry},
  year={2008},
  volume={128 3},
  pages={
          382-5
        }
}
External exposures of population to ionising radiation due to naturally occurring radionuclides in sixty-three granite samples from three different locations in south eastern desert of Egypt were considered in this article. Average outdoor gamma dose rates in air were 190, 290 and 330 nGy h(-1) for Elba, Qash Amir and Hamra Dome granites, respectively. The corresponding doses in indoor air are 270, 400 and 470 nGy h(-1), respectively. These average values give rise to annual effective dose… 
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