Determination of radiation attenuation coefficients of heavyweight- and normal-weight concretes containing colemanite and barite for 0.663 MeV γ-rays

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1274-1278

  Demir, F ^a   Budak, G ^b   Sahin, R ^b   Karabulut, A ^b   Oltulu, M ^b   Un, A ^c  

^a MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c AGRI IBRAHIM CECEN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Attenuation coefficient; Barite; Boron; Colemanite; Radiation transmission

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE MEASUREMENT; ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; BEAM TRANSMISSION; COLEMANITE; LINEAR ATTENUATION COEFFICIENTS; MASS ATTENUATION COEFFICIENTS; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION TRANSMISSION; SCINTILLATION DETECTORS;

BARITE; BORATE MINERALS; BORON; CESIUM; ISOTOPES; RADIATION; RADIOACTIVITY;

CONCRETES;

EID: 79953743888     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2011.02.009     Document Type: Article

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