Measurement of Gross Alpha and Beta Activity Concentrations in Drinking Water from Sabon Gari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Nigeria
The gross alpha and beta activity concentrations of eighteen water samples, consisting of boreholes and Hand dug wells from Sabon Gari Local government area of Kaduna StateNigeria have been analyzed using, the potable single channel gas free MPC-2000B-DP detector. The results show that alpha and bet...
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| description | The gross alpha and beta activity concentrations of eighteen water samples, consisting of boreholes and Hand dug wells from Sabon Gari Local government area of Kaduna StateNigeria have been analyzed using, the potable single channel gas free MPC-2000B-DP detector. The results show that alpha and beta activity concentrations range from 0.96 × 10^-2 Bq/L to 47.00 ×10^-2 Bq/L and from 0.309 × 10^-2 Bq/L to 310.40 × 10^-2 Bq/L, for gross alpha and gross beta respectively. It is observed that in the overall samples, the gross alpha activity concentrations were below the 0.5 Bq/L maximum allowable limits for drinking water as recommended by World Health Organization (WHO). However, for the gross beta activity concentration, eleven (11) percent of the samples, have their activity concentrations greater
than the 1.0 Bq/L maximum allowable limits for drinking water as recommended by the WHO. This high beta activity concentration in these areas might be due to the waste generated from industries and hospitals or as a result of the nature of farming activities occurring in the areas. Largely, results obtained are seen to be in agreement with reports from other authors within and outside Nigeria. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e9f923156d3147cd998d922e592360792023-01-08T11:21:52ZengDepartment of Physics, Kaduna State University, NigeriaPhysics Access2714-500X2756-38982022-12-0122828710.47514/phyaccess.2022.2.2.014Measurement of Gross Alpha and Beta Activity Concentrations in Drinking Water from Sabon Gari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, NigeriaUsman Adamu0Nuraddeen N Garba1Jibril Musa2Daniel J Adeyemo3Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Kaduna State University, Kaduna, Kaduna State, NigeriaDepartment of Physics, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Kaduna State, NigeriaDepartment of Physics, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Kaduna State, NigeriaDepartment of Physics, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Kaduna State, NigeriaThe gross alpha and beta activity concentrations of eighteen water samples, consisting of boreholes and Hand dug wells from Sabon Gari Local government area of Kaduna StateNigeria have been analyzed using, the potable single channel gas free MPC-2000B-DP detector. The results show that alpha and beta activity concentrations range from 0.96 × 10^-2 Bq/L to 47.00 ×10^-2 Bq/L and from 0.309 × 10^-2 Bq/L to 310.40 × 10^-2 Bq/L, for gross alpha and gross beta respectively. It is observed that in the overall samples, the gross alpha activity concentrations were below the 0.5 Bq/L maximum allowable limits for drinking water as recommended by World Health Organization (WHO). However, for the gross beta activity concentration, eleven (11) percent of the samples, have their activity concentrations greater than the 1.0 Bq/L maximum allowable limits for drinking water as recommended by the WHO. This high beta activity concentration in these areas might be due to the waste generated from industries and hospitals or as a result of the nature of farming activities occurring in the areas. Largely, results obtained are seen to be in agreement with reports from other authors within and outside Nigeria.https://physicsaccess.com/articles/published/PA-JPET-Vol%202-Issue%202_124.pdfgross alphagross betaradioactivityboreholehand dug well |
| spellingShingle | Usman Adamu Nuraddeen N Garba Jibril Musa Daniel J Adeyemo Measurement of Gross Alpha and Beta Activity Concentrations in Drinking Water from Sabon Gari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Nigeria Physics Access gross alpha gross beta radioactivity borehole hand dug well |
| title | Measurement of Gross Alpha and Beta Activity Concentrations in Drinking Water from Sabon Gari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Nigeria |
| title_full | Measurement of Gross Alpha and Beta Activity Concentrations in Drinking Water from Sabon Gari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | Measurement of Gross Alpha and Beta Activity Concentrations in Drinking Water from Sabon Gari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Measurement of Gross Alpha and Beta Activity Concentrations in Drinking Water from Sabon Gari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Nigeria |
| title_short | Measurement of Gross Alpha and Beta Activity Concentrations in Drinking Water from Sabon Gari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Nigeria |
| title_sort | measurement of gross alpha and beta activity concentrations in drinking water from sabon gari local government area of kaduna state nigeria |
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