Purpose The Arab world is made up of 22 countries in the Middle East and North Africa.
These countries are subjected to many social, economic, political and geographical …

Phosphate rock (PR) is an important mineral resource with numerous uses and applications
in agriculture and the environment. PR is used in the manufacture of detergents, animal …

In this study, the activity concentrations of the natural radionuclides in phosphate rocks and
its products were measured using a high-purity germanium detector (HPGe). The obtained …

The designing of strategies/protocols for the improvement and enhancement of agricultural
output is of utmost importance. Green revolution brings tremendous changes in the field of …

The use of a Radiation Alert Inspector device and a gamma-spectrometry system fitted with a
Sodium Iodide (NaI) detector was used to determine the radioactivity concentration level of …

This work is a first contribution to the knowledge of natural radionuclides (226 Ra, 238 U, 40
K, and 232 Th) activities in phosphate rock (NORM), phosphogypsum, and phosphogypsum …

Tetradenia riparia (Hochstetter) Codd belongs to the Lamiaceae family and it was
introduced in Brazil as an exotic ornamental plant. A previous study showed its …

Radioactive elements of natural origin are present everywhere in the environment as well as
sediments in different concentrations depending on the local geology of soil. These …

Radiological characterization of radionuclides contained in the phosphate rocks,
phosphogypsum, phosphoric acid, and phosphates fertilizers (DAP, NPS, NPK, TSP, and …

The raw materials of the phosphate fertilizer industry are the various apatite minerals. Some
of these have high levels of natural radionuclides, and thus phosphate fertilizers contain …