Track etch velocity study in a radon detector (Lr 115, cellulose nitrate)

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 28, Issue 1-6, 1997, Pages 619-628

  Barillon, R ^a   Fromm, M ^a   Chambaudet, A ^a   Marah, H ^b   Sabir, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^b IBN TOFAIL UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Detection efficiency; Etching; LR 115; Radon; Track etch velocity

Indexed keywords

ALPHA PARTICLES; CAUSTIC SODA; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DOSIMETRY; ETCHING; IONIZATION OF GASES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRATES; POLONIUM; RADON;

CELLULOSE NITRATE TRACK DETECTORS; TRACK ETCH VELOCITY;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 0031375210     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(97)00153-4     Document Type: Article

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