| # | Class name |
Country Region |
Type of representative value Sample |
Radioactivity concentration | |||||
| U-238series | Th-232series | K-40 | |||||||
| U-238 (Bq/kg) Representative value Lowest Highest | Ra-226 (Bq/kg) Representative value Lowest Highest | Th-232 (Bq/kg) Representative value Lowest Highest | Ra-228 (Bq/kg) Representative value Lowest Highest | K-40 (Bq/kg) Representative value Lowest Highest | |||||
| 1 Reference |
cement |
CHINA Baoji cement factory |
mean 12 | ||||||
| 2 Reference |
cement |
CHINA Xi'an cement factory |
mean 8 | ||||||
| 3 Reference |
cement |
CHINA Xi'an cement factory |
mean 6 | ||||||
| 4 Reference |
cement |
CHINA Xi'an cement factory |
mean 10 | ||||||
| 5 Reference |
cement |
CHINA Hanzhong cement factory |
mean 5 | ||||||
| 6 Reference |
cement |
CHINA Weinan cement factory |
mean 9 | ||||||
| 7 Reference |
cement |
CHINA cement factory of Baoji, China |
median (calcurated by NIRS) 17 | ||||||
| 8 Reference |
cement |
CHINA Xianyang cement factory |
mean 10 | ||||||
| 9 Reference |
cement |
EGYPT Suez (company in Egypt) |
mean 2 | ||||||
| 10 Reference |
cement |
EGYPT Kawmiah (company in Egypt) |
mean 2 | ||||||
| 11 Reference |
cement |
EGYPT Asyoote (company in Egypt) |
single 1 | ||||||
| 12 Reference |
cement |
EGYPT Sinaa (company in Egypt) |
mean 2 | ||||||
| 13 Reference |
cement |
EGYPT Helwan (company in Egypt) |
median (calcurated by NIRS) 4 | ||||||
| 14 Reference |
cement |
EGYPT Torah (company in Egypt) |
mean 2 | ||||||
| 15 Reference |
cement |
INDIA Ramco cement factory |
single 1 | ||||||
| 16 Reference |
cement |
INDIA Chettinad cement factory |
single 1 | ||||||
| 17 Reference |
cement |
INDIA L&T cement factory |
single 1 | ||||||
| 18 Reference |
cement |
INDIA Coromandal cement factory |
single 1 | ||||||
| 19 Reference |
cement |
JAPAN factory, Yamaguchi |
mean 2 | ||||||
| 20 Reference |
cement |
JAPAN factory |
mean 14 | ||||||