Natural radioactivity of coal and its by-products in the Baoji coal-fired power plant, China

Current Science

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1508-1511

  Lu, Xinwei ^a   Jia, Xiaodan ^a   Wang, Fengling ^a  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

spectrometry; Bottom ash; Coal; Fly ash; Natural radioactivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846195833     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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