Non-destructive measurement of moisture in building materials by compton scattering of gamma rays

Romanian Reports in Physics

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-75

  Bucurescu, D ^a,b   Bucurescu, I ^c  

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

^b 'Ion Mincu' University of Architecture and Urbanism ^*  (Romania)

^c ION MINCU UNIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM   (Romania)

Author keywords

Building materials; Gamma ray compton scattering; Moisture content; Non destructive measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953896635     PISSN: 12211451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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