Assessment of Levels of Natural Radioactivity in Sand Samples Collected from Ekalakala in Machakos County, Kenya

Assessment of Levels of Natural Radioactivity in Sand Samples Collected from Ekalakala in Machakos County, Kenya

Construction sand is naturally polluted with radionuclides of terrestrial origin. In this study, specific activities of 238U, 232Th, and 40K in 30 sand samples collected along the Ekalakala River, Machakos County, Kenya, were measured using a high-purity germanium γ-ray spectrometer. The specific ac...

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Main Authors:	Lucia Nyiva Munyao, Daniel Kipngetich Ketui, Calford Otieno, Margaret Wairimu Chege
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Hindawi Limited 2020-01-01
Series:	The Scientific World Journal
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/7269840

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