Chemical dosimetry techniques for various applications under different geometries

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 81-90

  Gupta, B L ^a   Bhat, R M ^a   Narayan, G R ^a   Nilekani, S R ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Chemical dosimetry; FBX dosimeter; Free radical dosimeter; Spectrophotometric readout method

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DOSIMETERS; ELECTRON IRRADIATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SOURCES; GAMMA RAYS; LATEXES; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIOISOTOPES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

BLOOD IRRADIATORS; CHEMICAL DOSIMETRY; FREE RADICAL DOSIMETERS; GAMMA CHAMBERS;

DOSIMETRY;

COBALT 60;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GEOMETRY; IRRADIATION; SLUDGE; SPECTROPHOTOMETER; TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0034237353     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-806X(00)00187-0     Document Type: Article

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