Radiological characterization of peloids obtained by maturation with Águas de Lindóia, Poços de Caldas and Peruíbe waters

One of the concerns about using mineral clay for therapy treatments is its radioactivity content due to natural radionuclides, normally, associated with the clays. This work proposes to characterize the natural radionuclides of the peloids obtained by the maturation process of mixing two different c...

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Main Authors: Jefferson Koyaishi Torrecilha, Jussara Marques Oliveira Marrichi, Eduardo Aparecido Pirani de Souza, Paulo Flávio de Macedo Gouvêa, Isis Campos Alves, Allan Santos, Paulo Sergio Cardoso da Silva
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Published: Brazilian Radiation Protection Society (Sociedade Brasileira de Proteção Radiológica, SBPR) 2021-04-01
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Online Access:https://bjrs.org.br/revista/index.php/REVISTA/article/view/1385
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author Jefferson Koyaishi Torrecilha
Jussara Marques Oliveira Marrichi
Eduardo Aparecido Pirani de Souza
Paulo Flávio de Macedo Gouvêa
Isis Campos Alves
Allan Santos
Paulo Sergio Cardoso da Silva
author_facet Jefferson Koyaishi Torrecilha
Jussara Marques Oliveira Marrichi
Eduardo Aparecido Pirani de Souza
Paulo Flávio de Macedo Gouvêa
Isis Campos Alves
Allan Santos
Paulo Sergio Cardoso da Silva
author_sort Jefferson Koyaishi Torrecilha
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description One of the concerns about using mineral clay for therapy treatments is its radioactivity content due to natural radionuclides, normally, associated with the clays. This work proposes to characterize the natural radionuclides of the peloids obtained by the maturation process of mixing two different clays (gray and green) with different mineral medicinal waters from Águas de Lindóia (SP), Poços de Caldas (MG) and sea water from Peruíbe (SP). The gamma spectrometry showed that the gray and green bentonite peloids, all the activity concentration of radionuclides are higher in gray ones, except 40K. The activity concentration varied from 84 to 156 Bq kg−1 (228Ra), 25 to 156 Bq kg−1 (228Th), 9 to 161 Bq kg−1 (226Ra), 39 to 256 Bq kg−1 (210Pb) and 162 to 1070 Bq kg−1 (40K). However, by calculating the absorbed dose rate in the worst scenario, this may not be a problem for topical application. Although the waters from Águas de Lindóia and Poços de Caldas are considered radioactive they have not caused a significant increase in radionuclide concentrations absorbed dose rate.
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spelling doaj-art-d4d6efa5c6434367b136b57f7bc6fa862025-08-20T03:27:43ZengBrazilian Radiation Protection Society (Sociedade Brasileira de Proteção Radiológica, SBPR)Brazilian Journal of Radiation Sciences2319-06122021-04-0191A10.15392/bjrs.v9i1A.13851077Radiological characterization of peloids obtained by maturation with Águas de Lindóia, Poços de Caldas and Peruíbe watersJefferson Koyaishi TorrecilhaJussara Marques Oliveira MarrichiEduardo Aparecido Pirani de SouzaPaulo Flávio de Macedo GouvêaIsis Campos AlvesAllan SantosPaulo Sergio Cardoso da SilvaOne of the concerns about using mineral clay for therapy treatments is its radioactivity content due to natural radionuclides, normally, associated with the clays. This work proposes to characterize the natural radionuclides of the peloids obtained by the maturation process of mixing two different clays (gray and green) with different mineral medicinal waters from Águas de Lindóia (SP), Poços de Caldas (MG) and sea water from Peruíbe (SP). The gamma spectrometry showed that the gray and green bentonite peloids, all the activity concentration of radionuclides are higher in gray ones, except 40K. The activity concentration varied from 84 to 156 Bq kg−1 (228Ra), 25 to 156 Bq kg−1 (228Th), 9 to 161 Bq kg−1 (226Ra), 39 to 256 Bq kg−1 (210Pb) and 162 to 1070 Bq kg−1 (40K). However, by calculating the absorbed dose rate in the worst scenario, this may not be a problem for topical application. Although the waters from Águas de Lindóia and Poços de Caldas are considered radioactive they have not caused a significant increase in radionuclide concentrations absorbed dose rate.https://bjrs.org.br/revista/index.php/REVISTA/article/view/1385peloid maturationmaturation processnatural radionuclides.
spellingShingle Jefferson Koyaishi Torrecilha
Jussara Marques Oliveira Marrichi
Eduardo Aparecido Pirani de Souza
Paulo Flávio de Macedo Gouvêa
Isis Campos Alves
Allan Santos
Paulo Sergio Cardoso da Silva
Radiological characterization of peloids obtained by maturation with Águas de Lindóia, Poços de Caldas and Peruíbe waters
Brazilian Journal of Radiation Sciences
peloid maturation
maturation process
natural radionuclides.
title Radiological characterization of peloids obtained by maturation with Águas de Lindóia, Poços de Caldas and Peruíbe waters
title_full Radiological characterization of peloids obtained by maturation with Águas de Lindóia, Poços de Caldas and Peruíbe waters
title_fullStr Radiological characterization of peloids obtained by maturation with Águas de Lindóia, Poços de Caldas and Peruíbe waters
title_full_unstemmed Radiological characterization of peloids obtained by maturation with Águas de Lindóia, Poços de Caldas and Peruíbe waters
title_short Radiological characterization of peloids obtained by maturation with Águas de Lindóia, Poços de Caldas and Peruíbe waters
title_sort radiological characterization of peloids obtained by maturation with aguas de lindoia pocos de caldas and peruibe waters
topic peloid maturation
maturation process
natural radionuclides.
url https://bjrs.org.br/revista/index.php/REVISTA/article/view/1385
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