Intercomparison of activity size distribution of thoron progeny and a mixture of radon and thoron progeny

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 59-78

  Cheng, Y S ^a   Chen, T R ^a   Yeh, H C ^a   Bigu, J ^b   Holub, R ^c   Tu, K ^d   Knutsond, E O ^d   Falk, R ^e  

^a LOVELACE RESPIRATORY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

^c US Bureau of Mines   (United States)

^d Environ Msrmt Laboratory   (United States)

^e Swedish Radiation Protection Authority   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aerosol activity size distribution; Condensation nucleus concentration (CNC); Intercalibration excercise results; Intercomparison excercise results; Radon decay product aerosols; Thoron decay product aerosols; Unattached fraction

Indexed keywords

RADON 220; RADON 222 DAUGHTER;

AEROSOL; ALGORITHM; ALPHA RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; CALIBRATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PARTICLE SIZE; REVIEW; SAMPLING; SPECTROMETRY; STANDARDIZATION; TECHNIQUE;

THORON;

EID: 0034309830     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(00)00045-X     Document Type: Article

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