Effective density and mass attenuation coefficient for building material in Brazil

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 13-18

  Salinas, I C P ^a   Conti, C C ^b   Lopes, R T ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; BRICK; CLAY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); GAMMA RAYS;

CLAY BRICKS; GAMMA-RAY ENERGY; MASS ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; TRANSMISSION MEASUREMENTS;

BUILDING MATERIALS;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BUILDING; CLAY; DENSITY; GAMMA RADIATION; MASS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ENERGY; SIMULATION;

EID: 27644487186     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2005.07.003     Document Type: Article

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