Activation energy of etching for CR-39 as a function of linear energy transfer of the incident particles

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 109-114

  Awad, E M ^a   El Samman, H M ^a  

^a Menoufia University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; DIFFUSION; ETCHING; FISSION REACTIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARTICLE BEAM TRACKING; RADIATION DAMAGE; TEMPERATURE;

ARRHENIUS EQUATION; FISSION FRAGMENT; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER;

PARTICLE DETECTORS;

EID: 0032590749     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(99)00123-7     Document Type: Article

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