Monitoring of 137Cs in electric arc furnace steel making process

Scientific paper - Original scientific paper

• Author: Tahir Sofilić
• Author: Delko Barišić
• Author: Una Sofilić
• Author's institution: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Metallurgy
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: TECHNICAL SCIENCES; Chemical Engineering

Abstract (english)

This article presents the results of Cs-137 and other radionuclide monitoring in EAF steel-making process in the Croatian CMC Sisak Steel Mill. The presence of Cs-137 and natural isotopes K-40, Th-232, Ra-226 and U-238 was established. Investigations on the occurrence of the isotope cesium, as well as natural isotopes and their distribution in waste from the process of carbon steel production by EAF have been conducted. Detection of artificial isotope cesium in EAF dust indicates that it might originate from steel scrap or from the residue of the material that was used in the technological process, thus deserving special attention.

• Keywords (english): Radionuclide distribution; Steel; Slag; Dust
• Language: english
• Publication type: Scientific paper - Original scientific paper
• Publication status: Published
• Peer review: Peer review - international
• Publication version: Published version
• Journal title: Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
• Numbering: vol. 284, no. 3, pp. 615-622
• p-ISSN: 0236-5731
• e-ISSN: 1588-2780
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-010-0513-9
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:115:689601
• Publication: 2010-03-25
• Document URL: http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10967-010-0513-9
• Type of resource: Text
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2017-03-16 12:57:38