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Gross alpha and gross beta activity in the products and by-product of amang tin tailings process

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Gross alpha and gross beta activities were determined for mineral samples collected from five amang tailing factories. The measured activity of alpha ranged from 31 to 220,000 Bq kg−1 with an average 9,154 Bq kg−1, whereas for beta activity ranged from 9 to 552,000 Bq kg−1 with an average 19,811 Bq kg−1. The higher gross alpha and gross beta observed of monazite while the lowest recorded of waste (sand) and pyrite for gross alpha and gross beta activity respectively. The minimum detectable activities were 180 and 40 Bq kg−1 for gross alpha and gross beta respectively.

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The authors would like to thank the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) Malaysia and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) for their funding. The financial support of this work was provided by Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) under research grant vot. No. 01E16. The authors wish to gratefully acknowledge Malaysia Nuclear Agency (NM) staff (Dr. Abdul Kadir, Mr. Mohd Izwan, Mr. Salahuddin and Ms. Zainab) for their cooperation. Special thanks to amang factories for providing samples.

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  1. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Skudai, 81310, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia

    I. A. Alnour & H. Wagiran

  2. Department of Physics, Faculty of Pure and Applied Science, International University of Africa, 12223, Khartoum, Sudan

    I. A. Alnour

  3. Faculty of Defence Science and Technology, National Defence University of Malaysia, Kem Sungai Besi, 57000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    N. Ibrahim

  4. Malaysian Nuclear Agency (NM), Bangi, 43000, Kajang, Selangor D.E., Malaysia

    S. Hamzah & M. S. Elias

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Alnour, I.A., Wagiran, H., Ibrahim, N. et al. Gross alpha and gross beta activity in the products and by-product of amang tin tailings process. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 303, 1877–1882 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-014-3708-7

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