A new method for evaluating radon and thoron α-activities per unit volume inside and outside various natural material samples by calculating SSNTD detection efficiencies for the emitted α-particles and measuring the resulting track densities

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 205-213

  Misdaq, M A ^a   Aitnouh, F ^a   Khajmi, H ^a   Ezzahery, H ^a   Berrazzouk, S ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Detection efficiencies; Natural materials; Radon; SSNTD; Thoron

Indexed keywords

ALPHA PARTICLES; CODES (SYMBOLS); MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADON;

SOLID STATE NUCLEAR TRACK DETECTORS (SSNTD);

RADIOISOTOPES;

PHOSPHATE; RADON 220; RADON 222; THORIUM; URANIUM; WATER;

ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; RADIOACTIVITY; SAMPLING; SOIL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; ALPHA PARTICLES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOSPHATES; PLANTS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADON; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 0035083552     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(00)00381-X     Document Type: Article

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