Natural radioactivity in marble stones-Jordan

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 28, Issue 1-6, 1997, Pages 345-348

  Khatibeh, A J A H ^a   Ahmad, N ^a   Matiullah, ^a   Kenawy, M A ^b  

^a PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Construction materials; External and internal hazards indices; Gamma ray spectroscopy; Marble stones; Radium equivalent activity

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; MARBLE; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORIUM;

HAZARDS INDICES; RADIUM EQUIVALENT RADIOACTIVITY;

RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0031384764     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(97)00097-8     Document Type: Article

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