Alpha activity of 190Pt isotope measured with CR-39 track detector

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-25

  Tavares, O A P ^a   Terranova, M L ^b,c  

^a CENTRO BRASILEIRO DE PESQUISAS FÍSICAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA PARTICLES; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; PLATINUM; RADIOISOTOPES;

ALPHA ACTIVITY; RADIOELEMENT; TRACK DETECTOR;

PARTICLE DETECTORS;

EID: 0031071607     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(96)00154-0     Document Type: Article

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