Thermal diffusion of radon in porous media

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 267-272

  Minkin, L ^a  

^a PORTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADON;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CALCULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GAS; GAS TRANSPORT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOLECULE; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; RADIATION MONITORING; REVIEW; SOIL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0348219127     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006360     Document Type: Review

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