Removal of the long-lived 222Rn daughters from copper and stainless steel surfaces

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 676, Issue , 2012, Pages 140-148

  Zuzel, G ^a,b   Wojcik M ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Etching and electropolishing of stainless steel and copper; Radon daughters plate out; Surface cleaning

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SPECTROMETER; CLEANING EFFICIENCY; HIGH PURITY GERMANIUMS; RADON DAUGHTERS; RADON SOURCE; REDEPOSITION; STAINLESS STEEL SURFACE;

BISMUTH; ELECTROLYTIC POLISHING; ETCHING; GERMANIUM; ISOTOPES; LEAD; RADON; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY; SURFACE CLEANING;

COPPER;

EID: 84859212140     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2011.12.043     Document Type: Article

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