Affiliation:
1. Radiation and Environmental Protection Department, Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Belgrade
Abstract
The natural radioactivity in imported zircon samples used as glaze for
ceramic tiles in the ceramics industry has been presented in this paper. The
measurements were made by gamma spectrometry with a high purity germanium
detector. The average activity concentrations of 238U and 232Th determined in
the measured samples (3250 Bq/kg, and 556 Bq/kg, respectively) are much
higher than the concentrations found in the Earth?s crust. The activity
concentration of 226Ra is also high in all analyzed samples, while 40K was
not detected. The gamma index, I, the external hazard index, Hex, the
internal hazard index, Hin, and the radium equivalent activity, Raeq, were
calculated. Due to relatively high activity concentration level of uranium in
imported zircon samples, specific regulations are necessary for zircon
compound used in ceramic industry. It can be concluded that the investigated
samples can be used as the component of ceramic glaze in the concentrations
not above 3%.
Publisher
National Library of Serbia
Subject
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality,Nuclear Energy and Engineering
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