Swelling in CR-39 and its effect on bulk etch-rate

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 301-305

  Malik, F ^a   Khan, E U ^a   Qureshi, I E ^a   Husaini, S N ^a   Sajid, M ^a   Karim, S ^a   Jamil, K ^a  

^a PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Bulk etch rate; CR 39 (Pershore); Swelling

Indexed keywords

ETCHING; IONS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SWELLING;

BULK ETCH-RATE;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 0036667198     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(02)00053-7     Document Type: Article

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