Comparison among alpha-particle energy losses in air obtained from data of SRIM, ICRU and experiments

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 59, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 363-366

  Yu, K N ^a   Yip, C W Y ^a   Nikezic, D ^a,b   Ho, J P Y ^a   Koo, V S Y ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KRAGUJEVAC   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Air; Alpha energy; ICRU49; Residual range; SRIM; Stopping power

Indexed keywords

ALPHA PARTICLES; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

ALPHA SPECTROSCOPY;

ENERGY DISSIPATION;

AMERICIUM 241; THORIUM 230;

AIR ANALYSIS; ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0242485360     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(03)00201-X     Document Type: Article

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