Transferability of ASTM/NIST alanine-polyethylene recipe at ISS

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1197-1201

  De Angelis, C ^a   Fattibene, P ^a   Onori, S ^a   Petetti, E ^a   Bartolotta, A ^b   Santamaria, A Sansone ^c  

^a Physics Laboratory   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c Via Nairobi 4 I 90129   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; COBALT 60; PARAFFIN; POLYETHYLENE;

ALANINE DOSIMETRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOLID STATE; STANDARD;

EID: 0034658537     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(00)00071-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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