Development of the track registration technique in solid state nuclear track detectors from solution media and its application

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 529-548

  Iyer, R H ^a   Chaudhuri, N K ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL COUNTERS; ETCHING; NEUTRON DETECTORS; NUCLEAR MATERIALS SAFEGUARDS; PERFORMANCE; SOLUTIONS;

TRACK DETECTORS;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 0031177030     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(97)00010-3     Document Type: Article

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