Laboratory application of NaI(Tl) γ-ray spectrometry to studies of natural radioactivity in geophysics

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 53, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 127-132

  Chiozzi, P ^a   De Felice, P ^b   Fazio, A ^b   Pasquale, V ^a   Verdoya, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI RICERCA METROLOGICA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calibration procedure; Radon effect; Scintillation spectrometry; Secular equilibrium

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; PHOSPHORS; POTASSIUM; RADIOISOTOPES; RADON; ROCKS; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SOILS; THORIUM; URANIUM;

SCINTILLATION SPECTROMETRY; SECULAR EQUILIBRIUM;

RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT;

ACCURACY; CALIBRATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; SCINTILLATION SPECTROMETRY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0034662375     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(00)00123-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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