Uranium content in phosphate fertilizers commercially produced in Brazil

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 59, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 133-136

  Yamazaki, Ione Makiko ^a   Geraldo, Luiz Paulo ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

^b Inst Pesq Cie (IPECI)/UNISANTOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fertilizer; Fission track; Neutron irradiation; Uranium

Indexed keywords

FISSION REACTIONS; NEUTRONS; URANIUM;

PLASTIC FOILS;

PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS;

PHOSPHATE FERTILIZER; PLASTIC; URANIUM;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CULTIVATED LAND; FOIL; IRRADIATION; NEUTRON RADIATION; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR REACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTRATION; SAMPLE; STANDARD; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0042521234     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(03)00159-3     Document Type: Article

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