Silica fume as a radon retardant from concrete

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 2284-2287

  Yu, K N ^a   Balendran, R V ^a   Koo, S Y ^a   Cheung, T ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDOOR RADON CONCENTRATION REDUCTION; RADON RETARDANT; SILICA FUME;

AGGREGATES; CONCRETES; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); POROSITY; RADON; SILICA;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL;

CEMENT; CONCRETE; RADON; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FUME; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; POROSITY; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 0034212775     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es991134j     Document Type: Article

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