Published June 1993 | Version v1
Journal article

On the determination of the effective volume of a gamma ray density gauge in backscatter mode

Creators

  • 1. Troxler Electronic Labs., Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC (United States)

Description

Measurement of density of soil, asphalt and concrete by a γ-ray gauge in backscatter mode requires some notion of the volume of measurement. The weight of each volume element in the 90% response volume for homogeneous media has been calculated using correlated Monte Carlo techniques. To verify the program an experiment has been performed based on an effective volume which is the sum of the weighted volume elements in the 90% response volume. This calculated volume is compared to the requirements of the ASTM 1556 ''Sand Cone Method for Density Measurement''. (author)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Geophysics
Journal Volume
7
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 343-352.
ISSN
0969-8086
CODEN
NUGEEP