Mobility of positrons in gamma-irradiated polypropylene and polyethylene

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 269-272

  Zheng, W ^a,c   Kobayashi, Y ^a   Hirata, K ^a   Suzuki, T ^b  

^a NATL INST OF MAT AND CHEM RES   (Japan)

^b HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KEK   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAYS; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; IRRADIATION; LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; POLYPROPYLENES; POSITRONS; RADIATION EFFECTS;

GAMMA IRRADIATION; POSITRON MOBILITY;

RADIATION CHEMISTRY;

POLYETHYLENE; POLYPROPYLENE;

ARTICLE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; POSITRON; RADIATION PHYSICS; RADIOCHEMISTRY; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032030190     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-806X(97)00260-0     Document Type: Note

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