Radiological safety aspects of utilizing coal ashes for production of lightweight concrete

Fuel

Volumn 87, Issue 8-9, 2008, Pages 1610-1616

  Nisnevich, Mark ^a   Sirotin, Gregory ^a   Schlesinger, Tuvia ^b   Eshel, Ya'akov ^a  

^a Samaria and Jordan Rift R and D Center   (Israel)

^b ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Activity concentration index; Bottom ash; Fly ash; Lightweight concrete; Radioactivity

Indexed keywords

COAL DEPOSITS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FLY ASH; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOLOGY;

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION INDEX; BOTTOM ASH; RADIOLOGICAL SAFETY;

LIGHT WEIGHT CONCRETE;

EID: 40749128933     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2007.07.031     Document Type: Article

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