Comparative study of lead borate and bismuth lead borate glass systems as gamma-radiation shielding materials

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 225, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 305-309

  Singh, Narveer ^a   Singh, Kanwar Jit ^a   Singh, Kulwant ^a   Singh, Harvinder ^a  

^a GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Gamma ray attenuation coefficients; Glasses; Radiation shielding

Indexed keywords

BORON COMPOUNDS; CONCRETES; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; GAMMA RAYS; QUENCHING; RADIATION SHIELDING; RADIOISOTOPES;

GAMMA-RAY ATTENUATION COEFFICIENTS; MULTICHANNEL ANALYZERS; RADIATION FLUX;

GLASS;

EID: 4344572313     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2004.05.016     Document Type: Article

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