Photon interaction studies with some glasses and building materials

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 342-348

  Singh, Harvinder ^a   Singh, Kulwant ^a   Sharma, Gopi ^a   Nathuram, R ^b   Sahota, H S ^c  

^a GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^c PUNJABI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; BUILDING MATERIALS; CEMENTS; CONCRETES; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; GLASS; PHOTONS; PLASTER;

ATOMIC NUMBER; BAKELITE; BLACK CEMENT; MASS ATTENUATION COEFFICIENTS; NARROW BEAM TRANSMISSION METHOD; PHOTON INTERACTIONS; PLASTER OF PARIS; WHITE CEMENT;

RADIATION SHIELDING;

EID: 0036863651     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE02-A2312     Document Type: Article

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