ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS OF CARBONATITE SAMPLES FROM MRIMA HILL, KENYA, BY ENERGY-DISPERSIVE X-RAY-FLUORESCENCE (EDXRF)

Authors
PATEL JP MANGALA MJ
Citation
Jp. Patel et Mj. Mangala, ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS OF CARBONATITE SAMPLES FROM MRIMA HILL, KENYA, BY ENERGY-DISPERSIVE X-RAY-FLUORESCENCE (EDXRF), Nuclear geophysics, 8(4), 1994, pp. 389-393
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary","Metallurgy & Mining","Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology
Journal title
Nuclear geophysics → ACNP
ISSN journal
09698086
Volume
8
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
389 - 393
Database
ISI
SICI code
0969-8086(1994)8:4<389:EAOCSF>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
A total of 30 radioactive carbonatite samples from four zones of the M rima Hill were analysed using energy dispersive x-ray fluorescence tec hnique. Thorium with a mean concentration of 770 mug/g is the main sou rce of high environmental radiation. The concentration of cerium, bari um, niobium and iron are significant and worth economic exploitation. For validity of the results, certified reference materials IAEA (Soil- 7) and the Canadian (SY-3) samples were analysed by the same method.