Radioactive content of charcoal

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 953-956

  Rubio Montero, M P ^a   Duran Valle C J ^a   Jurado Vargas, M ^a   Botet Jimenez A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b Pol Ind El Prado s/n   (Spain)

Author keywords

Charcoal; Coal; Gamma spectrometry; Radioactive content; Radioactivity

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATIONS; COAL SAMPLES; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; NATURAL RADIONUCLIDES; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; RADIOACTIVE CONTENT; STANDARDIZED PROCEDURES;

CESIUM; COAL; COAL INDUSTRY; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; RADIATION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY;

CHARCOAL;

CESIUM 137; CHARCOAL; COAL; KRYPTON; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM 226; THORIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLOUT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIOACTIVITY; STANDARD;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CHARCOAL; POTASSIUM; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOISOTOPES; RADON; THORIUM;

EID: 63449088095     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.01.017     Document Type: Article

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