Development of a reflectron time-of-flight mass spectrometer for non-destructive analysis of isotope ratios in irradiated B4C pellets-Test measurements on an unirradiated control rod pellet

International Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 276, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-16

  Manoravi, P ^a   Joseph, M ^a   Sivakumar, N ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Isotopic ratio in B4C; Laser mass spectrometry; Reflectron time of flight mass spectrometer

Indexed keywords

EID: 49349090515     PISSN: 13873806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijms.2008.06.015     Document Type: Article

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