New method for studying the transport of radon and thoron in various building materials using CR-39 and LR-115 solid state nuclear track detectors

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 35-42

  Misdaq, M A ^a   Ktata, A ^a   Bakhchi, A ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; PARTICLE DETECTORS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADON;

SOLID STATE NUCLEAR TRACK DETECTORS; THORON;

RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0033898278     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(99)00249-8     Document Type: Article

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