Neutralisation rate and the fraction of the positive 218Po-clusters in air

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1057-1064

  Pagelkopf, P ^a   Porstendorfer J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

218Po cluster; Environmental radioactivity; Fraction of positive 218Po clusters; Neutralisation; Radioactive aerosols; Radon decay products

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DIFFUSION IN GASES; ELECTRIC CHARGE; IONIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POLONIUM; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS;

DECAY PRODUCTS;

AIR POLLUTION;

POLONIUM; POLONIUM 218; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROSOL FORMATION; NEUTRALIZATION; POLONIUM; RADIOACTIVE DECAY; RADON;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ELECTRICITY; IONIZATION; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RADIOACTIVITY;

THORON;

EID: 0037368609     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(02)00997-4     Document Type: Article

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