Natural radioactivity in some building materials of Xi'an, China

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 94-97

  Xinwei, Lu ^a  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

spectrometry; Building materials; External hazard index; Internal hazard index; Natural radioactivity; Radium equivalent activities

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; GAMMA RAYS; HAZARDS; POTASSIUM; RADIUM; THORIUM;

Γ-SPECTROMETRY; EXTERNAL HAZARD INDEX; INTERNAL HAZARD INDEX; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; RADIUM-EQUIVALENT ACTIVITIES;

RADIOACTIVITY;

EID: 24144479549     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2005.01.003     Document Type: Article

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