Correlation between radon exhalation and radium content in granite samples used as construction material in Saudi Arabia

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 40, Issue 2-6, 2005, Pages 625-629

  Al Jarallah, M I ^a   Fazal Ur Rehman, ^a   Musazay, M S ^a   Aksoy, A ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Spectroscopy; 226Ra content; Granite; HPGe detector; Radon exhalation; Radon gas analyzer

Indexed keywords

GRANITE; PARTICLE DETECTORS; RADIUM; RADON; SPECTROSCOPY;

Γ SPECTROSCOPY; 226RA DETECTOR; HPGE DETECTOR; RADON EXHALATION;

BUILDING MATERIALS;

EID: 27744514117     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2005.02.018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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