Effective thickness of bulk samples in "close" measuring gamma-ray spectrometry

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-4

  Boshkova, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Effective thickness; Gamma ray spectrometry; Self attenuation correction factors

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; SPECTROMETRY;

EFFECTIVE THICKNESS;

GAMMA RAYS;

ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS;

EID: 0142107450     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(03)00125-8     Document Type: Article

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