An electrostatic radon detector designed for water radioactivity measurements

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

Volumn 421, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 601-609

  Wang, Jian Xiong ^a   Andersen, Tom C ^a   Simpson, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alpha particle spectrometry; Electrostatic radon detector; Radioactivity assay; Solar neutrino; Water purification

Indexed keywords

ALPHA PARTICLE SPECTROMETERS; ASSAYS; COSMIC RAYS; ELECTROSTATIC DEVICES; PURIFICATION; RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT; RADON; WATER ANALYSIS;

ELECTROSTATIC RADON DETECTORS; SOLAR NEUTRINOS;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 0033079893     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(98)01230-3     Document Type: Article

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