Radionuclides Activity and Radiological Hazard Assessment in samples of potato chips by using a High Purity Germanium (HPGe) detector

Abstract

The average concentration of radionuclide’s in the various potato chips samples were collected from being the most popular markets in Baghdad city - Iraq were measured by use a High Purity Germanium (HPGe) detector. The radionuclide’s observed with reliable regularity belonged to the series-decay naturally occurring radionuclide’s headed by ²³⁸U and ²³²Th as well as the non-series nuclide, ⁴⁰K. The average concentration of ²³⁸U   was found the least average concentration value recorded as 0.71 Bq kg^-1 .The average concentration of ⁴⁰K was 68.22 Bq kg^-1 For ²³²Th, it was found to have the average concentration 2.06 Bq kg^-1 . also was calcualed radium equivalent activity (Raeq), internal hazard index  (Hin), external hazard index (H_ex) and the annual effective dose(D) for each sample . It was observed that none of the above treatments exceeded the recommended values globally.