Open AccessInvestigation of uranium concentrations in selected soil samples of Al-Diwaniyah governorate, Iraq using CR-39 detector
Author(s) -
Majied G. Al-Gharabi,
Anees A. Al-Hamzawi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1234/1/012061
Subject(s) - uranium , soil test , environmental science , nuclear track , environmental chemistry , soil water , radiochemistry , soil science , detector , chemistry , metallurgy , materials science , physics , optics
In the present investigation, neutron activation technique for nuclear track detectors CR-39 has been applied to determine the uranium concentration in selected soil samples collected from different areas residential, industrial and agricultural of Al-Diwaniyah governorate southern Iraq, with various depths of soil (0, 10, 20, 30 and 40 cm), respectively. The results show that the uranium contents in soil samples ranged from 3.66 ± 0.13 ppm to 0.71 ± 0.16 ppm, with an average value of 2.1 ± 0.12 ppm. Results of this work showed a decrease of uranium concentration with increased depth of soil. The results were compared with the published data and they were found to be within the safety levels.