Studies on the nuclear tracks in CR-39 plastics

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 36, Issue 1-6 SPEC., 2003, Pages 73-81

  Yamauchi, T ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY OF MERCANTILE MARINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

AFM; FT IR; Latent track; OH group; Track core size

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DOSIMETRY; ETCHING; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; OXIDATION; RADIATION DETECTORS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

NUCLEAR TRACKS;

NUCLEAR PHYSICS;

EID: 0042364930     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(03)00099-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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