Measurements of electron depth-dose distributions in thick plastics and effects of accumulated charge

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 487-490

  Mehta, Kishor ^a   Janovský, Igor ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^b NUCLEAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FAST ELECTRON RADIATION; PHANTOM; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030033538     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0969-806X(95)00145-N     Document Type: Article

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