Pixe analysis of multielemental samples

Romanian Reports of Physics

Volumn 55, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 806-814

  Ene, Antoaneta ^a   Popescu, Ion V ^b,c,d   Stihi, Claudia ^b   Gheboianu, Anca ^b   Ana, Pantelicǎ ^c   Petre, Carmelia ^c  

^a DUNAREA DE JOS UNIVERSITY OF GALATI   (Romania)

^b VALAHIA UNIVERSITY OF TARGOVISTE   (Romania)

^c HORIA HULUBEI NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING   (Romania)

^d ACADEMY OF ROMANIAN SCIENTISTS   (Romania)

Author keywords

Environmental samples; Metallurgical samples; Minor elements; Pixe technique

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958554956     PISSN: 1221146X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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