Use of thin collodion films to prevent recoil-ion contamination of alpha-spectrometry detectors

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

Volumn 276, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 385-390

  Inn, K G W ^a   Hall, E ^b   Woodward IV, J T ^a   Stewart, B ^c   Pollanen, R ^d   Selvig, L ^e   Turner, S ^a   Outola, I ^a   Nour, S ^a   Kurosaki, H ^a   LaRosa, J ^a   Schultz, M ^f   Lin, Z ^g   Yu, Z ^g   McMahon, C ^h  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c Horeshoe Cir Jett Hall   (United States)

^d STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

^e Centennial High School   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^g CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^h Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PYROXYLIN;

ARTICLE; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; FIELD EMISSION; FILM; FOIL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SPECTROMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 43149117886     PISSN: 02365731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10967-008-0516-y     Document Type: Article

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