Use of basic principle of nucleation in determining temperature-threshold neutron energy relationship in superheated emulsions

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 323-328

  Das, Mala ^a,b   Roy, B ^a   Chatterjee, B K ^a   Roy, S C ^a  

^a BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gamma rays; Neutron energy; Nucleation; Superheated emulsions

Indexed keywords

EMULSIONS; NUCLEATION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

NEUTRON ENERGY;

NEUTRONS;

ARTICLE; EMULSION; ENERGY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIQUID; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE; NEUTRON RADIATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 0037400547     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-806X(02)00502-9     Document Type: Article

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