The influence of thoron and its progeny on radon measurements with CR39 detectors in diffusion chambers

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 419, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 175-180

  Nikezic D ^a,b   Yu, K N ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC   (Serbia)

Author keywords

CR39 detector; Detector sensitivity; Monte Carlo methods; Natural radioactivity; Radon; Thoron

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADON;

DIFFUSION CHAMBERS; RADON MEASUREMENT; THORON;

RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0032293147     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(98)01152-8     Document Type: Article

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