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Item Evaluation of Radioactivity Levels and Radiological Hazards of Some Endemic Plants Used as Medicine in Ankara, Turkey(2023) Guven, Aysel; Cengiz, Gulcin Bilgici; Caglar, Ilyas; Ates, Simge; 37536028In this study, natural radioactivity levels (Ra-226, Th-232, and (4) K) of some medicinal plant samples with known anti-oxidative properties, which are frequently consumed by animals and humans, were obtained from Ankara province and its surroundings (Mamak, Kizilcahamam, Beypazari, Kahramankazan, and Polatli districts) were determined using a thallium-doped sodium iodide NaI(Tl) gamma spectrometry. By using the determined natural radioactivity concentrations in the collected plant samples, the number of radiological doses that people could be exposed by consuming these plants was calculated. As a result of the study, Ra-226, Th-232, and (4) K radioactivity concentration ranges of the plant samples were found be 14.69 +/- 1.27-59.08 +/- 3.12 Bq kg(-1), 1.78 +/- 0.04-50.05 +/- 2.76 Bq kg(-1) and 207.24 +/- 34.09-826.13 +/- 25.40 Bq kg(-1), respectively. The highest Ra-226, Th-232, and (4) K activity concentrations were measured in Astragalus densifolius subsp. ayashensis (Kahramankazan), Astragalus kochakii (Kahramankazan) and Rumex patientia (Patience Dock) (Kahramankazan) plants, respectively. The lowest Ra-226, Th-232 and,(4) K activity concentration plants were determined respectively as Rumex patientia (Mamak), Lavandula angustifolia (Kizilcahamam), and Astragalus acikirensis (Polatli). The establishment and routine repetition of environmental radioactivity monitoring programs in each region are important for human and animal health, and the results of this study gain importance for Ankara and its surroundings in terms of environmental health.Item Landau phenomenological model for the alpha-INC (incommensurate)-beta transition in quartz(2021) Yurtseven, Hamit; Ates, SimgeThe temperature dependence of the order parameters eta (alpha-phase) and xi (INC - incommensurate phase) are calculated in the presence of the electric field for the alpha-INC-beta transition in quartz by the Landau mean field theory. Landau phenomenological model with the linear (eta xi) and quadratic (eta(2)xi(2)) coupling is introduced to investigate mainly the nature of the INC phase between alpha (ordered) and beta (disordered) phases in quartz. The temperature dependence of the inverse susceptibilities (chi(-1h)(eta) and chi(-1)(xi)) of the order parameter is also predicted at constant electric fields studied for the alpha-INC-beta transition in quartz. Additionally, the E-T phase diagram for the transitions of the alpha-INC and INC-beta in quartz is constructed from the Landau phenomenological model by using the literature data. Our predictions for the order parameters (eta and xi) and the inverse susceptibilities (chi(-1)(eta) and chi(-1)(xi)) can be compared with the experimental measurements for the alpha-INC-beta transition in quartz.