Development and calibration of a γ-ray density-meter for sediment-like materials

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1829-1836

  Maucec M ^a,b   Denijs, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

BGO detector; Gamma ray transmission; Radiometric density measurements

Indexed keywords

A-DENSITY; ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; BGO DETECTOR; COMPLEMENTARY TOOLS; DENSITY MEASUREMENTS; DENSITY PROFILE; DETECTOR CALIBRATION; GAMMA-RAY TRANSMISSION; MATERIAL DENSITY; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NETHERLANDS; NON-INVASIVE; PULSE-HEIGHT RESPONSE FUNCTION; RADIATION TRANSPORT; RADIOMETRIC DENSITY MEASUREMENTS; RAY DENSITY; SYSTEMATIC UNCERTAINTIES; TRANSMISSION TECHNIQUES;

BISMUTH; CALIBRATION; CESIUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION LANGUAGES; DENSITOMETERS; DENSITY MEASUREMENT (OPTICAL); DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DETECTORS; GAMMA RAYS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; METRIC SYSTEM; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; RADIOMETRY; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BISMUTH; CESIUM 137;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMMA RADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIODENSITOMETRY; RADIOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SCINTILLATION; SEDIMENT; SIMULATION; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 68949217697     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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