Uranium analysis of sediments by γ-ray spectrometry with corrections for self-absorption

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 215, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 228-234

  Nachab, A ^a,b   Nourreddine, A ^a   Benjelloun, M ^b   Kihel, S ^a   Oster, D ^a   Pape, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Ray self absorption; Contact autoradiography; Counting efficiency; MCNP; Sample composition; Sample density

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUORESCENCE; GAMMA RAYS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOISOTOPES; SPECTROMETRY; URANIUM;

CONTACT AUTORADIOGRAPHY; COUNTING EFFICIENCY; GAMMA RAY SELF-ABSORPTION; SAMPLE COMPOSITION; SAMPLE DENSITY;

SEDIMENTS;

EID: 0346339658     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-583X(03)01814-7     Document Type: Article

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