Gamma ray attenuation for determining soil density: laboratory experiments for Environmental Physics and Engineering courses

Abstract In this paper, we present in details a method for determining the soil density of disturbed samples. The mass attenuation coefficient was also evaluated by using the relation between the number of photon counts and the path length (soil density \texttimes thickness). A typical student labor...

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Main Authors: L.F. Pires, F.A.M. Cássaro, L. Tech, L.A.A. Pereira, J.A.T. de Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Física 2020-03-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Ensino de Física
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-11172020000100511&tlng=en