Measurements of thorium content and radioactivity in gas mantles

Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 1A, 1997, Pages 25-35

  Aksoy, Abdulkadir ^a,c   Al Jarallah, Mohammad ^b   Abu Jarad, Falah ^c  

^a Energy Research Laboratory   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Department of Physics ^*

^c KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

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EID: 0031283881     PISSN: 2193567X     EISSN: 21914281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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