Isothermal decay readout: Application to LiF:Mg,Cu,P and α-Al2O3:C

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 181-190

  Kitis, G ^a,b   Otto, T ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDE; COPPER; LITHIUM FLUORIDE; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORUS; RADIOISOTOPE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DOSIMETER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; REPRODUCIBILITY; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

EID: 0033462237     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032941     Document Type: Article

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