Dependence of TLD thermoluminescence yield on absorbed dose in a thermal neutron field

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 48, Issue 10-12, 1997, Pages 1467-1475

  Gambarini, G ^a,b   Sinha Roy, M ^a  

^a Dipartimento di Fisica   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY TRANSFER; GAMMA RAYS; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; RADIATION EFFECTS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

THERMAL NEUTRON FLUENCES; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETERS (TLD);

DOSIMETERS;

ACCURACY; CONFERENCE PAPER; GAMMA RADIATION; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; NEUTRON RADIATION; NUCLEAR REACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION MONITORING; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER;

FLUORIDES; ISOTOPES; LITHIUM; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; NEUTRONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

EID: 0344972752     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(97)00142-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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