Light weight concrete: 226Ra, 232Th, 40K contents and dose reduction assessment

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 975-980

  Yu, K N ^a   Guan, Z J ^a   Cheung, T ^a   Cheung, T T K ^a   Lo, T Y ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Building materials; Dose reduction; Gamma dose; Ra equivalent; Radon

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; POLYSTYRENES; POTASSIUM; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIUM; SPECTROMETRY; THORIUM;

HIGH-RESOLUTION GAMMA-RAY SPECTROMETRY;

LIGHT WEIGHT CONCRETE;

CONCRETE; POTASSIUM 40; RADON; THORIUM 232;

ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HONG KONG; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 0034672938     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(99)00286-9     Document Type: Article

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