A study of radon and thoron release from Egyptian building materials using polymeric nuclear track detectors

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 291-298

  Hafez, A F ^a   Hussein, A S ^a   Rasheed, N M ^b  

^a Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

^b NUCLEAR MATERIALS AUTHORITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Building materials; Egypt; Polymeric track detectors; Radon; Thoron

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIUM; RADON;

EMANATION COEFFICIENTS; POLYMER NUCLEAR TRACK DETECTORS; THORON;

RADIOISOTOPES;

RADON; RADON 220;

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CALIBRATION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; EGYPT; INSTRUMENT; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; NUCLEAR ENERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; TECHNIQUE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; EGYPT; HUMANS; RADIOMETRY; RADON;

EID: 0035255355     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(00)00281-5     Document Type: Article

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