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Multivariate Statistical Analysis of Spatial and Vertical Distribution of Radiological, Mineralogical and Magnetic Parameters of Beach Sediments from North East Coast of Tamilnadu State, India

https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2023.27624
S. Senthil
Department of Physics, Panimalar Engineering College, Poonamallee, Chennai-600123, India
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9452-9567
V. Ramasamy
Department of Physics, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar-608002, India
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4187-3759
K. Paramasivam
Department of Physics, MRK Institute of Technology, Kattumannarkoil-608301, India
https://orcid.org/0009-0007-7525-3183
G. Suresh
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2525-1231

Corresponding Author(s) : G. Suresh

Asian Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 35 No. 5 (2023): Vol 35 Issue 5, 2023

Abstract

The γ-ray spectroscopic technique has been effectively utilized to know the activity concentrations of 238U, 232Th and 40K in different depths of north-east coast beaches of Tamilnadu state of India. The measured activity concentrations were different while compare from surface to second feet depth. FTIR exhibits the presence of eleven minerals such as quartz, feldspar in different phases, kaolinite, gibbsite, calcite, organic carbon, aragonite, palygorskite and hematite in all feet sediments. Extinction coefficient calculation shows that the amount major minerals is in the order of kaolinite < microcline feldspar < quartz. Different minerals were identified through XRD analysis. Multivariate statistical was also adopted well and the results confirm that the magnetic susceptibility play a major role in controlling the present radioactivity values. The activity concentration of 238U, 232Th and 40K for >125 mm grain sized samples are significantly lowered when compared with the respective values of the bulk samples.

Keywords

Radioactivity Minerals, Magnetic susceptibility Multivariate statistical analysis Beach sediment
Senthil, S., Ramasamy, V., Paramasivam, K., & Suresh, G. (2023). Multivariate Statistical Analysis of Spatial and Vertical Distribution of Radiological, Mineralogical and Magnetic Parameters of Beach Sediments from North East Coast of Tamilnadu State, India. Asian Journal of Chemistry, 35(5), 1113–1122. https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2023.27624
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