Assessment of heavy radioactive elements in sodium iodide scintillators

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 47, Issue 9-10, 1996, Pages 997-1002

  Barton, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA PARTICLE SPECTROMETERS; ALPHA PARTICLES; CONTAMINATION; CRYSTALS; IODINE COMPOUNDS; RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS; RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT; RADIOISOTOPES; THORIUM; URANIUM;

ANTICOINCIDENCE COUNTER; SECULAR EQUILIBRIUM; SODIUM IODIDE SCINTILLATORS;

PHOSPHORS;

SODIUM IODIDE; THORIUM; URANIUM;

ALPHA RADIATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTER;

EID: 0030249509     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(96)00098-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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