Browsing by Subject "Background radiation"

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  • Calibration of a NaI (Tl) detector for low level counting of naturally occurring radionuclides in soil 

    Noncolela, Sive Professor (University of the Western Cape, 2011)
    The Physics Department at the University of the Western Cape and the Environmental Physics group at iThemba labs have been conducting radiometric studies on both land and water. In this study a 7.5 cm X 7.5 cm NaI (Tl) ...

  • Radon exhalation of building materials 

    Wentzel, Farrel Sidney (University of the Western Cape, 2018)
    Public concern about all radiation and radon exhalation from building materials has been highlighted recently. The purpose of this study is to address this public concern and to investigate the contribution of building ...