Energy loss straggling of 5.486MeV α-particles in PP, PET and KAPTON polymeric foils

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2252-2254

  Neetu, ^a   Sharma, K ^a   Gulati, Pratibha K ^a   Diwan, P K ^a   Kumar, S ^a  

^a KURUKSHETRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Energy loss; Polymers; Straggling

Indexed keywords

COMMONLY USED; ENERGY LOSS; ENERGY LOSS STRAGGLING; STRAGGLING;

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES;

POLYMERS;

POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; POLYMER; POLYPROPYLENE; POLYPYROMELLITIMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; BETHE LIVINGSTON FORMULATION; BOHR FORMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINDHARD SCHARFF FORMULATION; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOCHEMISTRY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 77956407589     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2010.05.009     Document Type: Article

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