Extending the dose range of the Red 4034 PMMA dosimeter

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 505-508

  Whittaker, Brian ^a   Bett, Roger ^b   Plested, Maureen E ^b   Watts, Michael F ^b  

^a Harwell Dosimeters Ltd ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b Harwell International Business Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RAYS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

RED POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE DOSIMETER;

DOSIMETERS;

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; RADIATION PROCESSING;

EID: 0031128024     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-806X(96)00157-0     Document Type: Article

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