Determination of traces of uranium and thorium in some Egyptian environmental matrices by instrumental neutron activation analysis

Environment Protection Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 19-30

  El Taher, A ^a,b   Nossair, A ^a   Azzam, A M ^c   Kratz, K L ^b   Abdel Halim, A S ^d  

^a AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER   (Egypt)

^d Atomic Energy Authority   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DATA REDUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; TRACE ANALYSIS;

GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY; GEOLOGICAL SAMPLES; INSTRUMENTAL NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS (INAA); RADIOACTIVE SOURCES;

NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 3843080725     PISSN: 03248828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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