Phosphogypsum recycling in the building materials industry: assessment of the radon exhalation rate

dc.creatorCAMPOS, M.P.
dc.creatorCOSTA, L.J.P.
dc.creatorNISTI, M.B.
dc.creatorMAZZILLI, B.P.
dc.date2017
dc.date2017-09-14T13:24:43Z
dc.date2017-09-14T13:24:43Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-28T13:34:51Z
dc.date.available2023-09-28T13:34:51Z
dc.identifier0265-931X
dc.identifierhttp://repositorio.ipen.br/handle/123456789/27732
dc.identifier172
dc.identifier10.1016/j.jenvrad.2017.04.002
dc.identifier54.752
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8997993
dc.descriptionPhosphogypsum can be classified as a Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM) residue of the phosphate fertilizer industry. One of the main environmental concerns of its use as building material is the radon exhalation. The aim of this study is to measure the radon exhalation rate from plates and bricks manufactured with phosphogypsum from three installations of the main Brazilian producer, Vale Fertilizantes, in order to evaluate the additional health risk to dwellers. A simple and reliable accumulator method involving a PVC pipe sealed with a PVC pipe cover commercially available with CR-39 radon detector into a diffusion chamber was used for measuring radon exhalation rate from phosphogypsum made plates and bricks. The radon exhalation rate from plates varied from 0.19 ?? 0.06 Bq m 2 h 1, for phosphogypsum from Bunge Fertilizers, from 1.3 ?? 0.3 Bq m 2 h 1, for phosphogypsum from Ultrafertil. As for the bricks, the results ranged from 0.11 ?? 0.01 Bq m 2 h 1, for phosphogypsum from Bunge Fertilizers, to 1.2 ?? 0.3 Bq m 2 h 1, for phosphogypsum from Ultrafertil. The results obtained in this study for the radon exhalation rate from phosphogypsum plates and bricks are of the same order of magnitude than those from ordinary building materials. So, it can be concluded that the recycling of phosphogypsum as building material is a safe practice, since no additional health risk is expected from the radiological point of view.
dc.descriptionFunda????o de Amparo ?? Pesquisa do Estado de S??o Paulo (FAPESP)
dc.descriptionConselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient??fico e Tecnol??gico (CNPq)
dc.descriptionFAPESP: 09/17654-8
dc.descriptionCNPq: 300835/95-7
dc.format232-236
dc.relationJournal of Environmental Radioactivity
dc.rightsopenAccess
dc.subjectbricks
dc.subjectdiffusion chambers
dc.subjectexhalation
dc.subjectfertilizer industry
dc.subjecthealth hazards
dc.subjectpipes
dc.subjectplates
dc.subjectpvc
dc.subjectradioactive materials
dc.subjectradon
dc.subjectrecycling
dc.titlePhosphogypsum recycling in the building materials industry: assessment of the radon exhalation rate
dc.typeArtigo de peri??dico
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