Detection of anti-personnel landmines by neutron scattering and attenuation

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-34

  Brooks, F D ^a   Drosg, M ^b   Buffler, A ^a   Allie, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b INSTITUT FÜR EXPERIMENTALPHYSIK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Antipersonnel landmines; Humanitarian demining; Neutron scattering

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPES; NEUTRON SCATTERING;

ANTI-PERSONNEL LANDMINES; HYDROGEN CONTENT;

RADIATION CHEMISTRY;

HYDROGEN;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPLOSION; NEUTRON; NEUTRON SCATTERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTOR;

BLAST INJURIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; HYDROGEN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRONS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; WAR;

EID: 2442513240     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2004.02.013     Document Type: Article

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