Dynamic adsorption of radon by activated carbon

Health Physics

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 371-378

  Gaul, Wayne C ^a   Underhill, Dwight W ^b  

^a Operations   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Carbon, activated; Radon; Sampling

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORBENT; RADON;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY;

ADSORPTION; CHARCOAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, CHEMICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RADON; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 14944379098     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000152110.01409.3e     Document Type: Article

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