Characteristics of the solid state nuclear detector CR-39 for neutron radiography purposes

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 375-380

  Pugliesi, Reynaldo ^a   Pereira, Marco A Stanojev ^a   De Moraes, Marco A P V ^a   De Menezes, Mário O ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETCHING; IMAGE SENSORS; NEUTRON RADIOGRAPHY; POLYCARBONATES; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLID STATE DEVICES;

SOLID STATE NUCLEAR TRACK DETECTORS;

PARTICLE DETECTORS;

ARTICLE; GAMMA RADIATION; HYDROGEN BOND; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NEUTRON RADIATION; NUCLEAR REACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0344196996     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(98)00092-X     Document Type: Article

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