The measurement of U, Th and K concentrations in building materials

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 483-492

  Croft, S ^a   Hutchinson, I G ^a  

^a Harwell Instruments Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calibration; Marinelli beaker; Thorium; Uranium

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; CALIBRATION; CEMENTS; GAMMA RAYS; POTASSIUM; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIATION SHIELDING; RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT; SAND; SEMICONDUCTING GERMANIUM; THORIUM; URANIUM;

SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS;

RADIOISOTOPES;

CEMENT; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM 40; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; THORIUM; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CURVE FITTING; DENSITY; MATERIALS TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; SAND;

CALIBRATION; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; POTASSIUM RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; THORIUM; URANIUM;

EID: 0032809868     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(99)00064-0     Document Type: Article

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