X-ray and gamma ray shielding behavior of concrete blocks |
Hernandez-Murillo, Christian Geovanni
(Instituto Tecnologico de Aguascalientes)
Contreras, J. Rafael Molina (Instituto Tecnologico de Aguascalientes) Escalera-Velasco, Luis Alberto (Instituto Tecnologico de Aguascalientes) de Leon-Martineza, Hector Asael (Instituto Tecnologico de Aguascalientes) Rodriguez-Rodriguez, Jose Antonio (Unidades Academicas Ingenieria II y Estudios Nucleares de la, Universidad Autonoma de ZacatecasC) Vega-Carrillo, Hector Rene (Unidades Academicas Ingenieria II y Estudios Nucleares de la, Universidad Autonoma de ZacatecasC) |
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