Study of the influence of porosity on the radon emanation coefficient in different building material samples by combining the SSNTD technique with Monte Carlo simulations

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 385-390

  Misdaq, M A ^a   Khajmi, H ^a   Ktata, A ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA PARTICLES; BUILDING MATERIALS; CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARTICLE DETECTORS; PHOTONS; POROSITY; PROBABILITY; THORIUM; URANIUM;

ARCHIMEDES METHOD; PHOTON INTERACTION; RADON EMANATION COEFFICIENT; SOLID STATE NUCLEAR TRACK DETECTOR;

RADON;

ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CALCULATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; RADIATION PROTECTION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032192597     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-806X(98)00021-8     Document Type: Article

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