Radon activity and exhalation rates measurements in fly ash from a thermal power plant

Radiation Measurements - Tập 40 - Trang 638-641 - 2005
Rajesh Kumar1, A.K. Mahur1, D. Sengupta2, Rajendra Prasad1
1Department of Applied Physics, Z.H. College of Engineering & Technology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202002, India
2Department of Geology and Geophysics, IIT Kharagpur 721362, India

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