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radium equivalent activity: a standalone construct

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radium equivalentactivity1 CONSTRUCTRadium equivalentBERETKA · ENVIRONMENTAL

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Environmental radioactivity

a single index weighting radium-226, thorium-232 and potassium-40 concentrations in a material by their relative gamma dose contribution.

In environmental radioactivity, radium equivalent activity refers to a single index weighting radium-226, thorium-232 and potassium-40 concentrations in a material by their relative gamma dose contribution. This meaning comes from Beretka (1985) in Health Physics.[1]

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  1. Beretka, J., & Mathew, P. J. (1985). Natural Radioactivity of Australian Building Materials, Industrial Wastes and By-products. Health Physics, 48(1), 87-95. https://doi.org/10.1097/00004032-198501000-00007

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