Time-dependent chemical compositions of 13N and 15O induced in air by the operation of a high energy electron accelerator

Health Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 456-464

  Endo, Akira ^a   Henshaw, Jim ^b   Mignanelli, Michael A ^b  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b RICARDO UK LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accelerators; Airborne; Emissions, atmospheric; Nitrogen; Radioactivity

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN 13; NITROGEN OXIDE; OXYGEN 15; OZONE;

AIR; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL REACTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON ACCELERATOR; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOCHEMISTRY; TIME;

EID: 0031938643     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199804000-00007     Document Type: Article

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