Determination of the radon diffusion length in building materials using electrets and activated carbon

Health Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 505-516

  Kovler, Konstantin ^a   Perevalov, Andrey ^a   Steiner, Victor ^b   Rabkin, Eugen ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b Israel Ministry of the Environmental Protection   (Israel)

Author keywords

Carbon, activated; Diffusion; Electrets; Radon

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; CALCIUM SULFATE; CONCRETE; RADON; RADON 222;

ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEVICE; DIFFUSION; ELECTRICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION MONITOR; SOLID STATE;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CHARCOAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DIFFUSION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RADON; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 1942502266     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200405000-00007     Document Type: Article

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