Mercuric Iodide Detector Systems for Identifying Substances by X-Ray Energy Dispersive Diffraction

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 606-610

  Iwanczyk, J S ^a   Patt, B E ^a   Wang, Y J ^b   Croft, M ^a   Kalman, Z ^a   Mayo, W ^c  

^a Xsirius Inc ^*

^b Rutgers University ^*  (Sweden)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; GAMMA RAYS; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; RADIATION COUNTERS; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; X RAYS;

ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY DIFFRACTION SPECTROSCOPY; GAMMA LINE; GERMANIUM DETECTORS; MERCURIC IODIDE; OPTIMAL ARRAY GEOMETRIES;

PHOTODETECTORS;

EID: 0029359357     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.467905     Document Type: Article

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