A simplified technique to determine the self-absorption correction for sediment samples

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 915-918

  Hasan, M ^a   Bodizs D ^b   Czifrus, Sz ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^b BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Composition; Density; Gamma spectrometry; Low energy; Nondestructive; Self absorption correction

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; GERMANIUM; RADIOISOTOPES;

SELF ABSORPTION CORRECTION;

SEDIMENTS;

GERMANIUM; RADIOISOTOPE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY; ARTICLE; DENSITOMETRY; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION ENERGY; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036888593     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(02)00169-0     Document Type: Article

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