Dose-rate effects on the bulk etch-rate of CR-39 track detector exposed to low-let radiations

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 121-126

  Yamauchi, T ^a   Taniguchi, T ^a   Oda, K ^a   Ikeda, T ^b   Honda, Y ^b   Tagawa, S ^b  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY OF MERCANTILE MARINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; ELECTRONS; ETCHING; GAMMA RAYS; IRRADIATION; OXYGEN; PARTICLE BEAM TRACKING; RADIATION EFFECTS;

DAMAGE FORMATION PROCESS; DOSE RATE EFFECTS; PULSED ELECTRONS;

PARTICLE DETECTORS;

EID: 0032590754     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(99)00132-8     Document Type: Article

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