Results from a nuclear microprobe analysis of selected rare earth fluor materials

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 49 II, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 941-945

  Hollerman, William A ^a   Gates, Earl ^a   Boudreaux, Philip ^a   Glass, Gary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluor; Fluorescence; Microprobe; PIXE; Y2O2S:Eu

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; ION BEAMS; IRRADIATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; VISIBILITY; X RAY ANALYSIS; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

FLUOR; NUCLEAR MICROPROBE ANALYSIS; PARTICLE INDUCED X RAY EMISSION;

ELECTROSTATIC ACCELERATORS;

EID: 0036624688     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2002.1039594     Document Type: Article

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