Dose intercomparison between BARC (India) and NPL (UK) using glutamine (spectrophotometric readout) and dichromate dosimeters

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 301-305

  Gupta, B L ^a   Bhat, R M ^a   Narayan, G R ^a   Nilekani, S R ^a   Sharpe, P H G ^b   Crossley, D L ^b  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; COBALT; DOSIMETERS; GAMMA RAYS; SALTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETERS; STANDARDS;

DICHROMATE; GLUTAMINE; RADIATION PROCESSING DOSIMETRY;

DOSIMETRY;

COBALT 60; DICHROMATE POTASSIUM; GLUTAMINE;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETER; GAMMA RADIATION; INDIAN OCEAN; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROCESSING; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033106350     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-806X(98)00219-9     Document Type: Article

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