Nuclear Science
Volume 3, Issue 3, September 2018, Pages: 36-39
Received: Sep. 30, 2018;
Accepted: Oct. 17, 2018;
Published: Nov. 13, 2018
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Authors
Elif Ebru Ermis, Faculty of Science, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey
Cuneyt Celiktas, Faculty of Science, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey
Elif Ebru Ermis,
Cuneyt Celiktas,
Revealing 226Ra Alpha Peak by a Multi-Pixel Photon Counter, Nuclear Science.
Vol. 3, No. 3,
2018, pp. 36-39.
doi: 10.11648/j.ns.20180303.12
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