Development of a calibration facility for measurements of the thoron activity concentration

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 506, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 166-172

  Gargioni, E ^a   Honig, A ^a   Rottger A ^a  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activity concentration; Calibration; Thoron

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; ELECTRODEPOSITION; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; RADON;

THORON;

RADIOACTIVITY;

EID: 0038715770     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(03)01359-7     Document Type: Article

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