Measurement of the 226Th and 222Ra half-lives

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1913-1918

  Pomme S ^a   Suliman, G ^a   Marouli, M ^a   Van Ammel, R ^a   Jobbagy V ^a   Paepen, J ^a   Stroh, H ^a   Apostolidis, C ^a   Abbas, K ^a   Morgenstern, A ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

222Ra; 226Th; 230U; Half life; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; DECAY CURVES; DISTRIBUTED DATA; FUNCTION OF TIME; GLASS DISKS; HALF LIVES; HALF-LIFE; ION-IMPLANTED SILICON; LEAST SQUARES FIT; MOMENT ANALYSIS; RECOIL ATOMS;

ISOTOPES; RADIATION; RADIOTHERAPY;

RADIOACTIVITY;

RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM 222; THORIUM 226; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; RADIUM; THORIUM;

ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; GEOMETRY; HALF LIFE TIME; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; INSTRUMENTATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HALF-LIFE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RADIUM; THORIUM;

EID: 84864121928     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: 18729800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2012.02.117     Document Type: Article

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