Gamma-ray self-attenuation corrections in environmental samples

Romanian Reports in Physics

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 295-300

  Robu, E ^a,b   Giovani, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^b ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^c Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione dell'Ambiente del Friuli Venezia Giulia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Density effects; Environmental samples; Gamma ray spectrometry; Self absorption; Transmission measurements

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350169671     PISSN: 12211451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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