Lithium carbonate (Li2CO3) as a material for thermal neutron fluence measurements

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 241-246

  Herrera, E ^a   Urena Nunez F ^a   Delfin Loya A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES NUCLEARES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

EPR; Fluence; Lithium carbonate; Thermal neutrons; TRIGA Mark III Reactor

Indexed keywords

NEUTRON IRRADIATION; NEUTRONS; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

LITHIUM CARBONATES; SIGNAL AMPLITUDE; SIGNAL FADING; THERMAL NEUTRON FLUENCES;

LITHIUM COMPOUNDS;

LITHIUM CARBONATE;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BATCH PROCESS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; NEUTRON RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; LITHIUM CARBONATE; MATERIALS TESTING; NEUTRONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 20444396971     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2005.02.010     Document Type: Article

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