A Pilot Study of Radionuclides Analysis of Human Placenta According to Different Ages
Chapter from the book: Akpınar, A. (ed.) 2023. Research on Mathematics and Science- III.

Oğuz Kağan Köksal
Adıyaman University
Ömer Söğüt
Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University
Fazıl Avcı
Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Health
Sultan Şahin Bal
Bitlis Eren University

Synopsis

In this study, radionuclides Th-232, K-40, Na-22, Eu-152, Ra-226, and Bi-207 were detected in placenta samples from 24 mothers who gave birth between the ages of 20 and 49. A NaI gamma detector with an ORTEC-branded scintillator that measures 7.62 cm x 7.62 cm and has a crystalline thallium-doped yield of 2% at 0.5 MeV and 1.3% at 2 MeV was used to test radionuclides. For 86400s, the placenta samples were counted (24 hours). Using Maestro-32 software, the peak areas in the obtained spectra were captured, entered into the proper equations, and the radionuclide activity concentrations were computed as Bq/g. Th-232, K-40, Na-22, Eu-152, Ra-226, and Bi-207 activity concentrations were determined based on different ages. Th-232, K-40, Na-22, Eu-152, Ra-226, and Bi-207 activity concentrations were found, and they varied depending on the radionuclide's age. These concentrations ranged from 8.470.20 to 34.911.27 Bq/g for Ra-226, from 0.781.03 to 25.581.03 Bq/g for Th-232, from 5.100.35 and 32.371.66 Bq/g for K-40, from 4.620.66 and 14. In order to develop the methodology for a more in-depth analysis, this pilot study evaluated the capability to identify particular radionuclides in placentea samples.

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Köksal, O. K. & Söğüt, Ö. & Avcı, F. & Şahin Bal, S. (2023). A Pilot Study of Radionuclides Analysis of Human Placenta According to Different Ages . In: Akpınar, A. (ed.), Research on Mathematics and Science- III. Özgür Publications. DOI: https://doi.org/10.58830/ozgur.pub252.c1217

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October 21, 2023

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