Computation of the critical angle of track registration in alpha-irradiated CR-39 detectors on the basis of the time-dependent track etch rates

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 85-92

  Dorschel B ^a   Bretschneider, R ^a   Hermsdorf, D ^a   Kadner, K ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; RADIATION DETECTOR;

EID: 0041756773     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032619     Document Type: Article

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