Diffusive transport of radon in a column of moisturized sand

Health Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 163-177

  Van Der Spoel, W H ^b   Van Der Graaf, E R ^b   De Meijer, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Diffusion; Radon; Soil; Transport, environmental

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; RADON; SILICON DIOXIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; MOISTURE; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; SAND; AIR; DIFFUSION; POLLUTANT; SOIL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AIR; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADON; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOIL; WATER;

EID: 0032754073     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199908000-00006     Document Type: Article

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