Dose distribution in electron-irradiated PMMA: Effect of dose and geometry

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 773-779

  Mehta, Kishor ^a   Fuochi, Pier Giorgio ^b   Kovács, András ^c   Lavalle, Marco ^b   Hargittai, Peter ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^b Istituto di Fotochimica e Radiazioni d'Alta Energia   (Italy)

^c CHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON IRRADIATION; ELECTRON TRAPS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES;

DOSE DISTRIBUTION; STACK IRRADIATION GEOMETRY; SURFACE DOSE;

DOSIMETRY;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM; GEOMETRY; IRRADIATION; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033179016     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-806X(99)00302-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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