Chemical composition, effective atomic number and electron density study of trommel sieve waste (TSW), Portland cement, lime, pointing and their admixtures with TSW in different proportions

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1006-1011

  Kurudirek, Murat ^a   Aygun, Murat ^a   Erzeneoǧlu, Salih Zeki ^a  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Building material; Effective atomic number; Effective electron density; Total mass attenuation coefficient; Total photon interaction cross section; Trommel sieve waste

Indexed keywords

CROSS SECTION; EFFECTIVE ATOMIC NUMBER; ELECTRON DENSITIES; PHOTON INTERACTIONS; TOTAL MASS; TROMMEL SIEVE WASTES;

ATOMS; BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; BUILDINGS; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRONS; LIME; ORES; PHOTONS; PORTLAND CEMENT; PRODUCTION; RADIATION; RADIATION SHIELDING; SIEVES;

BUILDING MATERIALS;

BORON; CALCIUM OXIDE; CEMENT;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC NUMBER; BUILDING MATERIAL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON DENSITY; GAMMA RADIATION; MASS ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHOTON; PHOTON INTERACTION CROSS SECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION SHIELD; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; WAVELENGTH DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROMETER; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 77649275579     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.12.039     Document Type: Article

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