Discovery of new etchants for CR-39 detector

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 337-343

  Matiullah, ^a   Rehman, S ^a   Zaman, W ^a  

^a PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Activation energy; Chemical etching; Etching efficiency; NaOH ethanol; NaOH I propanol

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ETHANOL; FISSION PRODUCTS; METAL DETECTORS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SOLUTIONS;

CHEMICAL ETCHING; ETCHING EFFICIENCY; FISSION FRAGMENTS; NAOH/1-PROPANOL; NAOH/ETHANOL;

ETCHING;

ALCOHOL; CALIFORNIUM; CR 39; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; PLASTIC; PROPANOL; RADIOISOTOPE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; SOLVENT;

ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; INSTRUMENTATION; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; RADIATION MONITORING; TEMPERATURE;

1-PROPANOL; ALPHA PARTICLES; CALIFORNIUM; ETHANOL; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; PLASTICS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOISOTOPES; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; SOLVENTS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 9544251401     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2004.06.012     Document Type: Article

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