Research Article

Gamma Ray Spectrometric Analysis of Sand Samples from Selected Beaches along Kenyan Coastline

Table 2

The values of radium equivalent for each of the thirty samples and average of each beach in this work.

SiteRaeq (Bq/kg)

Diani-1307 ± 15
Diani-2349 ± 17
Diani-3391 ± 20
Diani-4287 ± 14
Diani-5455 ± 23
Tiwi-1396 ± 20
Tiwi-2324 ± 16
Tiwi-3397 ± 20
Tiwi-4418 ± 21
Tiwi-5284 ± 14
Shelly-1348 ± 17
Shelly-2318 ± 16
Shelly-3282 ± 14
Shelly-4374 ± 19
Shelly-5355 ± 18
Nyali-1334 ± 17
Nyali-2271 ± 14
Nyali-3346 ± 17
Nyali-4300 ± 15
Nyali-5294 ± 15
Kenyatta-1324 ± 16
Kenyatta-2339 ± 17
Kenyatta-3379 ± 19
Kenyatta-4299 ± 15
Kenyatta-5234 ± 12
Shanzu-1354 ± 18
Shanzu-2220 ± 11
Shanzu-3289 ± 14
Shanzu-4316 ± 16
Shanzu-5232 ± 12
Average327 ± 16