Studies on the properties of an epithermal-neutron hydrogen analyzer

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1677-1681

  Papp, A ^a   Csikai, J ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR RESEARCH ATOMKI   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Bulk hydrogen analysis; Humanitarian de mining; Neutron scattering

Indexed keywords

ANTI-PERSONNEL LANDMINES; CARGO CONTAINERS; DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; EPITHERMAL NEUTRON; HUMANITARIAN DE-MINING; HYDROGEN ANALYSIS; HYDROGEN CONTENTS; SYSTEMATIC INVESTIGATIONS; THERMAL NEUTRONS;

HYDROGEN; NEUTRON SCATTERING;

EXPLOSIVES DETECTION;

CADMIUM; EXPLOSIVE; HYDROGEN;

ANALYZER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHERMAL NEUTRON HYDROGEN ANALYZER; GEOMETRY; NEUTRON RADIATION; NEUTRON SCATTERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; BOMB; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; NEUTRON; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS;

BOMBS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; HYDROGEN; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NEUTRONS;

EID: 79952202702     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: 18729800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2010.03.007     Document Type: Article

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