Radionuclide content and state of isotopic disequilibrium in some utilized smoking pastes
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El-Said Ibrahim Shabana
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Abdulraheem Abdulrahman Kinsara
Abstract
238U, 234U, 226Ra, 210Pb and 210Po were measured in some jurak and mehassel samples collected from the local market. Jurak is a paste mixture composed of 30% tobacco, 50% molasses and 20% spices and minced fruits. Mehassel is a local trade-name of a paste mixture of unknown ratios of tobacco to spices and minced fruits. Both jurak and mehassel are used for smoking by Shisha (a pipe used for smoking and has a water filter). Just for comparison, these radionuclides were measured in some cigarette tobacco samples. In cigarette tobacco samples, the average activity concentrations were 0.32 ± 0.10, 0.51 ± 0.11, 3.6 ± 1.0, 16.1 ± 2.4 and 15.8 ± 2.2 Bq/kg for 238U, 234U, 226Ra, 210Pb and 210Po, respectively. These values for the same isotopes were 1.01 ± 0.25, 1.04 ± 0.27, 1.2 ± 0.4, 4.4 ± 1.0 and 4.2 ± 0.9 Bq/kg in jurak samples and 0.17 ± 0.07, 0.24 ± 0.08, 1.8 ± 0.7, 7.5 ± 1.7 and 7.0 ± 1.6 Bq/kg in mehassel samples, respectively. Generally, the mean values of the results indicated that, except for uranium in jurak, the activity concentration for all the analyzed radionuclides in the different samples followed the sequence: 210Po ≈210Pb >226Ra ≫234U >238U, whereas for each radionuclide, its activity concentration followed the sequence: cigarette tobacco > mehassel > jurak. Molasses contributed to the enhanced uranium content in jurak samples. The obtained results are discussed in detail.
©2014 Walter de Gruyter Berlin/Boston
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- Thermodynamic model for the solubility of Ba(SeO4, SO4) precipitates
- Suitability of various materials for porous filters in diffusion experiments
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- Assessment of natural radioactivity in major building materials of Xiangyang, China
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Excitation functions and yields for cyclotron production of radiorhenium via deuteron irradiation: natW(d,xn)181,182(A+B),183,184(m+g),186gRe nuclear reactions and tests on the production of 186gRe using enriched 186W
- A route for polonium 210 production from alpha-particle irradiated bismuth-209 target
- High accuracy plutonium mass determination by controlled-potential coulometry
- Chemometric approach for prediction of uranium pathways in the soil
- Thermodynamic model for the solubility of Ba(SeO4, SO4) precipitates
- Suitability of various materials for porous filters in diffusion experiments
- Detoxification of azinophos methyl using gamma radiation mediated advance oxidation process and investigation of degradation products by HPLC and GC-MS
- Investigation of elemental and radiological contamination of soils in two shipyards in Chittagong, Bangladesh
- Radionuclide content and state of isotopic disequilibrium in some utilized smoking pastes
- Assessment of natural radioactivity in major building materials of Xiangyang, China
