Analysis of toxic and radioactive components in sedimental type air particulates by INAA and XRF

H. Rausch; I. Sziklai; S. Sándor; T. Szabó

doi:10.1007/bf02036286

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Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

Volume/Issue:: Volume 196: Issue 1

Analysis of toxic and radioactive components in sedimental type air particulates by INAA and XRF

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H. Rausch

H. Rausch KFKI Atomic Energy Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences P.O. Box 49 H-1525 Budapest Hungary

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I. Sziklai

I. Sziklai KFKI Atomic Energy Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences P.O. Box 49 H-1525 Budapest Hungary

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S. Sándor

S. Sándor KFKI Atomic Energy Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences P.O. Box 49 H-1525 Budapest Hungary

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T. Szabó

T. Szabó Foundation for People Exposed to Hazards of Air Pollution Kodály Z. u. 1/B H-2836 Bay Hungary

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Pages:: 25–33

Online Publication Date:: 13 Aug 2005

Publication Date:: 17 Sep 1995

Article Category:: Research Article

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02036286

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Abstract

The chemical composition of brown coal fuels and several sedimental type atmospheric particulate pollutants of industrial origin (e.g. fly-ash, bottom-ash, dust particulates from foundry-halls and casting-halls) was studied in relation to their toxic and their natural radioactive contents. In addition, some agricultural crops (e.g. soya bean, sunflower, rape, barley and luceme) sampled, in the near vicinity within a radius of about 10 km of the industrial centre were also analysed for significant distributions of any toxic components. Because of the high uranium and thorium concentrations in Hungarian coal fuels and, consequently, in various fly-ash particulate pollutants, the natural gamma activities of the samples were also measured and the relevant equilibriu states of the²³²Th and²³⁸U natural decay series were studied.

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Journal of Radionalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
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