Title: Effects of neutron source type on soil moisture measurement
Author: Goldberg, Irving; MacGillivray, Norman A.; Ziemer, Robert R.
Date: 1967
Source: In: Transactions, American Nuclear Society, Thirteeenth Annual Meeting, 11-15 June 1967, San Diego, California; including 14-page paper presented at meeting. p. 20-21.
Description: A number of radioisotopes have recently become commercially available as alternatives to radium-225 in moisture gauging devices using alpha-neutron sources for determining soil moisture, for well logging, and for other industrial applications in which hydrogenous materials are measured.
Keywords: PSW4351, radioisotopes, moisture gauging devices, soil moisture, neotron sources
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Goldberg, Irving; MacGillivray, Norman A.; Ziemer, Robert R. 1967. Effects of neutron source type on soil moisture measurement. In: Transactions, American Nuclear Society, Thirteeenth Annual Meeting, 11-15 June 1967, San Diego, California; including 14-page paper presented at meeting. p. 20-21..