Response of different plastic track detectors to α-particles

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 523-527

  Randhawa, G S ^a   Kumar, Shyam ^b   Virk, H S ^a  

^a GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b KURUKSHETRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA PARTICLES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SOURCES; PLASTICS APPLICATIONS; POLYCARBONATES; RADIOISOTOPES;

PLASTIC TRACK DETECTORS;

PARTICLE DETECTORS;

EID: 0031150127     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(97)00008-5     Document Type: Article

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