Radon diffusion through polymer membranes used in the solar neutrino experiment Borexino

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

Volumn 449, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 158-171

  Wojcik M ^a   Wlazlo, W ^a   Zuzel, G ^a   Heusser, G ^b  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; RADON; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SOLUBILITY;

NEUTRINO; PERMEABILITY COEFFICIENTS; PSEUDOCUMENE; RADON DIFFUSION MODEL;

DIFFUSION;

EID: 0034226826     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(99)01450-3     Document Type: Article

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