Fission tracks in solids - Production mechanisms and natural origins

Journal of Materials Science

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 3901-3911

  Fleischer, Robert L ^a  

^a UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; BONDING; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ETCHING; EXPLOSIVES; FISSION REACTIONS; HEAT TREATING FURNACES; IONIZATION; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; PARTICLE BEAM TRACKING; RADIATION DAMAGE; RADIATION SHIELDING;

ATOMIC DISORDERING; ENERGETIC NUCLEAR MATERIALS; FISSION TRACKS; ION EXPLOSION SPIKES;

CHARGED PARTICLES;

EID: 3042841546     PISSN: 00222461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JMSC.0000031471.17343.32     Document Type: Article

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