Measurement of radon emanation in construction materials

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 396-400

  Lavi, N ^a   Steiner, V ^b   Alfassi, Z B ^c  

^a Environmental Services Company   (Israel)

^b Israel Ministry of the Environmental Protection   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Construction materials; Radon emanation

Indexed keywords

BUILDING BLOCK; BUILDING PRODUCTS; CONCRETE MATERIALS; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; INSULATED MATERIALS; INSULATION LEVEL; PHYSICAL MODEL; RADON EMANATION; RECTANGULAR PARALLELEPIPEDS;

CONCRETE BLOCKS; RADON;

INSULATION;

EID: 67949094315     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2009.04.009     Document Type: Article

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