Radiation shielding of concretes containing different aggregates

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 153-157

  Akkurt, I ^a   Basyigit, C ^a   Kilincarslan, S ^a   Mavi, B ^a   Akkurt, A ^b  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

rays shielding; Concrete; Photon attenuation

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; ATTENUATION; BARITE; GAMMA RAYS; PHOTONS; RADIATION SHIELDING;

Γ-RAYS SHIELDING; LINEAR ATTENUATION COEFFICIENTS; PHOTON ATTENUATION; PHOTON ENERGIES;

CONCRETES;

EID: 29144434675     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2005.09.006     Document Type: Article

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