Factors controlling measurements of radon mass exhalation rate

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 363-369

  Nguyen, Dinh Chau ^a   Chruściel, Edward ^a   Prokólski, Łukasz ^a  

^a AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Grain size; Radon mass exhalation rate; Sample mass; Water content

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; SOILS; WATER ANALYSIS;

LUCAS CELL; RADON MASS EXHALATION RATE; SOIL SAMPLES; WATER CONTENT;

RADON;

RADIUM 226; RADON; WATER;

MEASUREMENT METHOD; RADON;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GRAIN; MASS; OBSERVATION; RADIOASSAY; SAMPLE; SOIL; WATER CONTENT;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIUM; RADON; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; WATER;

EID: 18844425928     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2005.02.006     Document Type: Article

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