Gross α and β activities in tap waters in Eastern Black Sea region of Turkey

• Published in: Chemosphere (Oxford) 2006-02, Vol.62 (6), p.957-960
• Main Authors: Damla, N., Çevik, U., Karahan, G., Kobya, A.İ.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Activity; Adult; Alpha Particles; Applied sciences; Beta Particles; Drinking water and swimming-pool water. Desalination; Earth sciences; Earth, ocean, space; Eastern Black Sea region; Engineering and environment geology. Geothermics; Exact sciences and technology; Gross α; Gross β; Humans; Pollution; Pollution, environment geology; Radiation Dosage; Radiation Monitoring; Tap water; Turkey; Water Pollutants, Radioactive - analysis; Water Pollutants, Radioactive - standards; Water Supply - analysis; Water Supply - standards; Water treatment and pollution
• ISSN: 0045-6535; 1879-1298
• DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.05.051

Gross α and gross β activities were determined for 27 different tap water samples collected from Eastern Black Sea region of Turkey. The instrumentation used to count the gross α and gross β activities was a α/β counter of the low background multiple detector type with 10 sample detectors (Berthold LB770). The obtained results showed that natural activity concentrations of α- and β-emitting radionuclides in tap water samples did not exceed WHO and ITS recommended levels. Concentrations ranging from 0.2 mBq/l to 15 mBq/l and from 25.2 mBq/l to 264.4 mBq/l were observed for the gross α and gross β activities, respectively. For all samples the gross β activities were higher than the corresponding gross α activities.