Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology 11(12): 13581364, 2015
ISSN: 2040-7459; e-ISSN: 2040-7467
© 2015 Maxwell Scientific Publication Corp.
Submitted: May 30, 2015 Accepted: August 30, 2015 Published: December 25, 2015
Corresponding Author: Ali Abid Abojassim, Department of Physics, College of Science,
University of Kufa, Al-Najaf/ Kufa,
Box (221) Najaf, Iraq
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (URL:
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Research Article
Radon Concentrations in Selected Samples of Tap
Water in Baghdad Government/Iraq
Ali Abid Abojassim, Hussain H. Al. Gazaly, Mohammed H. Al-Taweel and Suha
H. Kadhim
Department of Physics, College of Science, University of Kufa, Al-Najaf/
Kufa, Box (221) Najaf, Iraq
Abstract:
Radon gas is a significant health threat linked to thousands of preventable
deaths each year. In this
research, radon concentrations are measured in 136tap water samples
collected from 34different places of Baghdad
city, Iraq, using the electronic radon detector RAD-7 (Durridge Co., USA). The
results of radon concentration varies
from (0.012) to (0.283) Bq/L with a mean value of (0.111) Bq/L. The annual
effective dose in Ingestion (stomach)
and Inhalation (lungs) per person for children and adult is also calculated. The
total annual effective dose of children
and adults were (5.676) and (2.838) μSv/y respectively. At last may be
concluded, the results of radon
concentrations and annual effective dose in all samples show no significant
radiological risk for the inhabitants in
the reign study.
Keywords: Alpha emitting and Baghdad city, annual absorbed dose rate,
radon concentration, RAD-7 detector