DETERMINE THE RADIONUCLIDES IN WATER, ROCKS AND SOIL OF SOME AREAS OF MAIDUGURI METROPOLIS.

E. W. Likta

Department of Physics

University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Borno State. Nigeria.

E-Mail Address:emmalikta2014@gmail.com

Abstract:

The goal of this article is to determine the radionuclide that has been existing which the people are continuously expose to certain amount of radiation which is called background radiation occurring in our environment, the background radiation come from sources such as rocks, soil, water and stone which is mainly due to the small amount of radioactive isotopes which are present in the sources. The instruments used is Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (AAS), the method employed in the detection of radiation, the sources and sample collections. The result of water is in mg/l, for soil and rock are in percentage (%). It was revealed that Cu and Cr were not detected in Gneiss but were found in Granite and Basalt.