A compact automatic low-level liquid scintillation system for radon-in water measurement by pulse pair counting

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 53, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 377-380

  Gudjonsson, Gudjon I ^a   Theodorsson, Pall ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; AUTOMATION; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTOTUBES; RADON; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; WATER ANALYSIS;

LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTERS (LSC);

RADIOISOTOPES;

RADON 222;

AIR QUALITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIODE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAMMA RADIATION; LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034662429     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(00)00156-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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