Advancements in accuracy of the alanine dosimetry system. Part 2. The influence of the irradiation temperature

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-9

  Nagy, Vitaly ^a   Puhl, James M ^a   Desrosiers, Marc F ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alanine; EPR dosimetry; Temperature coefficient

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; DOSIMETERS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; STATISTICAL TESTS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ALANINE; TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT;

DOSIMETRY;

ALANINE; ALUMINUM;

ALANINE DOSIMETRY; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; HEAT EXCHANGE; IRRADIATION; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0033991649     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-806X(99)00339-4     Document Type: Article

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