An alanine-boron compound for thermal neutron fluence measurements. Part 1 synthesis and development

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1657-1664

  Urena Nunez F ^a   Galindo, S ^a   Azorin, J ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES NUCLEARES   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON COMPOUNDS; FREE RADICALS; NEUTRON DETECTORS; NEUTRON IRRADIATION; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ALANINE BORON COMPOUND; THERMAL NEUTRON FLUENCE MEASUREMENTS;

AMINO ACIDS;

ALANINE; BORON;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; NEUTRON RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0345020424     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(97)10012-4     Document Type: Article

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