Experimental equivalent cluster-size distributions in nanometric volumes of liquid water

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 110, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 851-857

  Grosswendt, Bernd ^a   De Nardo, L ^b   Colautti, P ^c   Pszona, S ^d   Conte, V ^c   Tornielli, G ^b  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI LEGNARO   (Italy)

^d SOLTAN INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR STUDIES   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLE; NITROGEN; PROPANE; WATER;

ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GAS FLOW; IONIZATION; LIQUID; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; PROCESS MODEL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; SCALE UP; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALGORITHMS; ALPHA PARTICLES; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MICROCHEMISTRY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION, IONIZING; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLUTIONS; WATER;

EID: 4644223387     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch203     Document Type: Article

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