Flowact, flow rate measurements in pipes with the pulsed-neutron activation method

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 31-51

  Lindén, Per ^a   Grosshög, Gudmar ^a   Pázsit, Imre ^a,b,c  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Evaluation methods; Flow measurements; Neutron activation

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOWMETERS; HYDRAULICS; NEUTRON DETECTORS; NEUTRON SOURCES; PIPE FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

PULSED NEUTRON ACTIVATION (PNA) METHOD;

NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032187527     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT98-A2907     Document Type: Article

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