Effect of soil and sand moisture content on radon diffusion using plastic track etched detector

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-50

  Singh, Baljinder ^a   Virk, H S ^a  

^a GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; MOISTURE; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOISOTOPES; SAND; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SOILS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WATER;

MOISTURE CONTENT; PLASTIC TRACK ETCHED DETECTORS; RADON CONCENTRATION; RADON DIFFUSION; WATER SATURATED SOIL;

RADON;

EID: 0029780617     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1350-4487(95)00255-3     Document Type: Article

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