A re-evaluation of the I-value for graphite based on an analysis of recent work on W, sc,a and cavity perturbation corrections

Metrologia

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 585-590

  Burns, David T ^a  

^a PAVILLON DE BRETEUIL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; CAVITY PERTURBATION; ELECTRON STOPPING POWER; ENERGY X-RAYS; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; MEAN EXCITATION ENERGY; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; RE-EVALUATION; STANDARD UNCERTAINTY; STOPPING POWER; VALUE DETERMINATION; W-VALUE;

CRYSTALLITES; GAMMA RAYS; IONIZATION;

GRAPHITE;

EID: 70350699394     PISSN: 00261394     EISSN: 16817575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0026-1394/46/5/024     Document Type: Article

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