A study of the radon emitted from various building materials using alpha track detectors

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 28, Issue 1-6, 1997, Pages 613-617

  Maged, A F ^a   Borham, E ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR RADIATION RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Building materials; CR 39; Radon exhalation rate; SSNTDs

Indexed keywords

ALPHA PARTICLES; BUILDING MATERIALS; CAUSTIC SODA; ETCHING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PARTICLE BEAM TRACKING; POLYCARBONATES; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADON;

POLYALLYLDIGLYCOL CARBONATE; POLYMERIC TRACK DETECTORS; SOLID STATE ALPHA TRACK DETECTORS;

DOSIMETRY;

EID: 0031358195     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(97)00152-2     Document Type: Article

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