The response characteristics of tetrazolium violet solutions to gamma irradiation

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 76, Issue 8-9, 2007, Pages 1515-1518

  Emi Reynolds, G ^a   Kovács, András ^b   Fletcher, J J ^c  

^a Ghana Atomic Energy Commission   (Ghana)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Gamma radiation; Optical absorption spectra; Tetrazolium violet

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE SOLUTIONS; OPTICAL ABSORPTION SPECTRA; TETRAZOLIUM VIOLET;

DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RAYS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; RADIOLYSIS;

PIGMENTS;

2,5 DIPHENYL 3 (1 NAPHTHYL) 2H TETRAZOLIUM CHLORIDE; ALCOHOL; ALKALI; TETRAZOLIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RADIATION; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLYSIS; REDUCTION;

EID: 34249112005     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2007.02.063     Document Type: Article

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