Traceability of radon-222 activity concentration in the radon chamber at the technical university of Catalonia (Spain)

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 526, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 501-509

  Vargas, A ^a   Ortega, X ^a   Matarranz, J L Martín ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b Presidenta de la Comisión Nacional de Radiofísica Vocal del Comité Asesor del Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear Expresidenta de la Sociedad Española de Protección Radiológica   (Spain)

Author keywords

spectrometry; spectrometry; Radon chamber; Radon measurement; Reference instrument

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CAPACITORS; ELECTROSTATICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR REACTORS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTIMIZATION;

Α-SPECTROMETRY; Γ-SPECTROMETRY; RADON CHAMBERS; RADON MEASUREMENT; REFERENCE INSTRUMENT;

RADON;

EID: 2942522709     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2004.02.022     Document Type: Article

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