Barium and calcium borate glasses as shielding materials for x-rays and gamma-rays

Physics and Chemistry of Glasses

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-8

  Singh, H ^a   Singh, K ^a   Sharma, G ^a   Gerward, L ^b   Nathuram, R ^c   Lark, B S ^a   Sahota, H S ^d   Khanna, A ^a  

^a GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^d PUNJABI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM OXIDE; GLASS;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DENSITY; GAMMA RADIATION; RADIATION PHYSICS; RADIATION SHIELD; THICKNESS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 4344639464     PISSN: 00319090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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