A Feasibility Study for the Development of a Nuclear Moisture Density Measurement System for Marine Use.

Abstract

A gamma-gamma through-transmission moisture-density measurement technique is postulated for marine sediment studies. The technique uses two gamma sources of different energies with a fixed distance between the sources and the detector. By obtaining a grab sample for system calibration, the measurement in the postulated system is due only to the random emission of the radiation sources. The technique should provide moisture measurement accuracies of + or - 1.1% at 15% and + or - 16% at 500% contained moisture. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 28, 1977
Accession Number
ADA048665

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People

  • Gerald L. Fitzpatrick
  • Richard C. Edwards

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Ants
  • Calibration
  • Detectors
  • Emission
  • Errors
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Fins
  • Intervals
  • Measurement
  • Moisture
  • Radiation
  • Sediments

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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