Test measurements of thoron concentration using two ionization chambers AlphaGUARD vs. radon monitor RAD7

Nukleonika

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 189-192

  Kochowska, Elzbieta ^a   Kozak, Krzysztof ^a   Kozłowska, Beata ^b   Mazur, Jadwiga ^a   Dorda, Jerzy ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ionization chamber; Radon; Thoron; Thoron concentration

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958538334     PISSN: 00295922     EISSN: 15085791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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