A simplified gamma-ray self-attenuation correction in bulk samples

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 407-413

  Khater, A E M ^a,b   Ebaid, Y Y ^c  

^a HOT LABORATORIES CENTER   (Egypt)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c FAYOUM UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Attenuation correction; Bulk sample; Gamma ray spectrometry

Indexed keywords

PHOTONS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ATTENUATION CORRECTION; BULK SAMPLES; PHOTO PEAK EFFICIENCY; PHOTON TRANSMISSIONS;

GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS;

ARTICLE; BULK DENSITY; GAMMA RADIATION; MEASUREMENT; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 38349097938     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2007.10.007     Document Type: Article

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