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Radioecological aspects of phosphate rocks in some locations in Egypt /

Hagar Emad Abdelrahman Mohamed Haloul

Radioecological aspects of phosphate rocks in some locations in Egypt / السمات الاشعاعية البيئية لبعض مناطق الصخور الفوسفاتية في مصر Hagar Emad Abdelrahman Mohamed Haloul ; Supervised Saher Mohamed Darwish Ahamed , Nadia Elsayed Walley Eldin Fouad - Cairo : Hagar Emad Abdelrahman Mohamed Haloul , 2015 - 121 P. : charts , facsimiles , maps ; 25cm

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Science - Department of Physics

Phosphate rocks are used extensively, mainly as a source of phosphorus for fertilizers and further for phosphoric acid and other special chemicals. Phosphates are typically enriched in uranium and as such are one of the sources of technologically enhanced natural radiation (TE-NORM), which might increase exposure to man from natural radio nuclides. Because of the increasing use of phosphate in industry world wide, it is interesting to investigate the potential radioactivity exposure of phosphate ores. It is important to analyze phosphate ores for uranium content and elemental composition, because of the possible migration of elements from the fertilizers to soil and plants, and via the food chain, to human beings where this may results in health effects



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