Response of lead metaniobate acoustic emission sensors to gamma irradiation

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2583-2590

  Holbert, Keith E ^a,b   Sankaranarayanan, Sriram ^b   McCready, Steven S ^c  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma radiation; Lead metaniobate; Piezoelectric transducers; Pulse reactor testing; Radiation effects

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; GAMMA RAYS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; SENSORS;

LEAD METANIOBATE; MECHANICAL QUALITY; PULSE REACTOR TESTING;

LEAD COMPOUNDS;

EID: 33244464990     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2005.860708     Document Type: Conference Paper

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