Neutron radiography determination of water diffusivity in fired clay brick

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 556-559

  El Abd, A ^a   Czachor, A ^b   Milczarek, J ^b  

^a NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER   (Egypt)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC ENERGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Diffusivity; Master curve; Neutron radiography; Water profiles

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BRICK; BRICKMAKING; BUILDING MATERIALS; CLAY MINERALS; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; GAMMA RADIOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; NEUTRON EMISSION; NEUTRON RADIOGRAPHY; NEUTRONS; POROUS MATERIALS; PROGRAMMING THEORY; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; DIFFUSIVITY; FIRED CLAY BRICKS; FLOW DIRECTIONS; MACROSCOPIC THEORIES; MASTER CURVE; POROUS BUILDING MATERIALS; POROUS CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; REAL TIME; UNSATURATED FLOWS; UNSATURATED POROUS MEDIAS; WATER DIFFUSIVITIES; WATER FRONTS; WATER INFILTRATIONS; WATER PROFILES;

WATER ABSORPTION;

WATER;

ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CLAY; CLAY BRICK; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFUSION; GAMMA RADIATION; IMAGING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEUTRON; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; NEUTRON RADIOGRAPHY; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; WATER ABSORPTION;

EID: 59949085232     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2008.11.014     Document Type: Article

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