Radiological assessment of flour consumed in Kuwait

This study investigated the natural radioactivity in flour consumed in Kuwait.  To cover a wide range of samples, wheat, rice and gram (chickpeas) based flour samples were tested.  Gamma spectrometry revealed the presence of  226Ra, and 40K in all samples, while  228Ra was detected in 14 out of the...

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Main Authors: Tareq Alrefae, Tiruvachi N. Nageswaran, Taher Alshemaly, Nasser Demir
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-05-01
Series:Kuwait Journal of Science
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Online Access:https://journalskuwait.org/kjs/index.php/KJS/article/view/2553
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