Effects of neutron source type on soil moisture measurement

Irving Goldberg; Norman A. MacGillivray; Robert Ziemer

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Effects of neutron source type on soil moisture measurement

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Authors:

Irving Goldberg, Norman A. MacGillivray, Robert Ziemer

Year:

1967

Type:

Miscellaneous Publication

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

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.

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Abstract

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

Citation

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.