A study of photon interaction in some building materials: High-volume admixture of blast furnace slag into Portland cement

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 751-759

  Kurudirek, Murat ^a   Türkmen, Ibrahim ^a   Özdemir, Yüksel ^a  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Blast furnace slag; Mass attenuation coefficient; Portland cement; X ray fluorescence spectrometer

Indexed keywords

BLAST FURNACE SLAG; BLAST FURNACE SLAGS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; HIGH ENERGY REGIONS; MASS ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; MEAN FREE PATH; PAIR PRODUCTION; PHOTOELECTRIC PROCESS; PHOTON ENERGY; PHOTON INTERACTIONS; THREE MIXTURES; TOTAL MASS; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETER;

BLAST FURNACES; BUILDING MATERIALS; CEMENT MANUFACTURE; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; FLUORESCENCE; GAS BURNERS; METAL REFINERIES; PHOTONS; PORTLAND CEMENT; RADIATION; SLAGS; SPECTROMETRY; X RAY SPECTROMETERS;

FURNACES;

ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CEMENT INDUSTRY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DENSITY; FURNACE; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; PHOTON; SLAG; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 67649606910     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2009.03.070     Document Type: Article

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