Water calorimetry: The heat defect

Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-74

  Klassen, Norman V ^a   Ross, Carl K ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Absorbed dose to water; Dosimetry; Ionizing radiation; Water calorimetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002301089     PISSN: 1044677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6028/jres.102.006     Document Type: Article

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