Characterisation of depleted uranium (DU) from an unfired CHARM-3 penetrator

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 327, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 337-340

  Trueman, E R ^a   Black, S ^a   Read, D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CHARM 3 penetrator; Depleted uranium; Plutonium

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOCHEMISTRY; IMPURITIES; RADIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; URANIUM;

DEPLETED URANIUM (DU); ENVIRONMENTAL RISK;

RADIOACTIVITY;

URANIUM;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENT; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GEOCHEMISTRY; HEALTH; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLE; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SPECTROMETER; VALIDATION PROCESS;

HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 2542603779     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(03)00401-7     Document Type: Article

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