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Solid state nuclear track detection : principles, methods, and applications /
Solid State Nuclear Track Detection: Principles, Methods and Applications is the second book written by the authors after Nuclear Tracks in Solids: Principles and Applications. The book is meant as an introduction to the subject solid state of nuclear track detection. The text covers the interaction...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Pergamon Press,
1987.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
| Colección: | International series in natural philosophy ;
v. 111. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Solid State Nuclear Track Detection: Principles, Methods and Applications; Copyright Page; Preface; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. Introduction to Nuclear Track Detectors; 1.1 Cloud, Bubble and Spark Chambers; 1.2 Nuclear Emulsions; 1.3 Silver Halide Crystals; 1.4 Etchable Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors (SSNTDs); Chapter 2. Interactions of Charged Particles with Matter; 2.1 Nuclear Collision Losses; 2.2 Electronic Energy Losses; 2.3 Direct Production of Atomic Displacements; 2.4 Secondary Electrons; 2.5 Range-Energy Relations.
- Chapter 3. The Nature of Charged-Particle Tracks and Some Possible Track Formation Mechanisms in Insulating Solids3.1 Radiation Damage in Solids; 3.2 Track-storing Materials; 3.3 Track-forming Particles: Criteria for Track Formation; 3.4 Experimental Studies on the Size and Structure of Latent-Damage Trails; 3.5 Critical Appraisal of Track Formation Models; Chapter 4. Track Etching: Methodology and Geometry; 4.1 Track Etching Recipes; 4.2 Track Etching Qeometry; 4.3 Some Special Techniques for Track Parameter Measurements; 4.4 Environmental Effects on Track Etching.
- Chapter 5. Thermal Fading of Latent Damage Trails5.1 The Nature of the Annealing Process; 5.2 The Effects of Pre-annealing on the Etched Tracks; 5.3 Typical Annealing Temperatures for Fission Tracks in Various Materials; 5.4 Closing Temperatures; 5.5 Annealing Correction Methods; 5.6 Track Seasoning; Chapter 6. The Use of Dielectric Track Recorders in Particle Identification; 6.1 Calibration; 6.2 Charge Assignment; 6.3 Low-energy Particles; 6.4 Charge and Mass Resolution; 6.5 Some Applications of Particle Identification Techniques; 6.6 The Ancient Cosmic Rays.
- Chapter 7. Radiation Dosimetry and SSNTD Instrumentation7.1 Neutron Dosimetry; 7.2 Alpha Particle Dosimetry and Radon Measurements; 7.3 Charged Particles other than Alphas; 7.4 SSNTD Instrumentation: Automatic Evaluation and Methods of Track Image Enhancement; Chapter 8. Fission Track Dating; 8.1 Radioactive Dating; 8.2 The Fission Track Age Equation; 8.3 Practical Steps in Obtaining a Fission Track Age; 8.4 The Interpretation of Fission Track Ages; 8.5 Neutron Dosimetry, Fission Decay Constant of 238U, and Age Standards; 8.6 Annealing Corrections.
- 8.7 Fission Track Dating of Lunar Samples and Meteorites8.8 244Pu Fission Tracks in Very Ancient Samples; 8.9 Fission Track Dating in Archaeology; 8.10 Errors in Fission Track Dating; Chapter 9. Further Applications of Track Detectors and Some Directions for the Future; 9.1 Applications to Nuclear Physics; 9.2 Elemental Distributions and Biological Applications; 9.3 Extraterrestrial Samples; 9.4 Track Detectors in Teaching; 9.5 Future Developments in Etched Track Techniques and Their Applications; 9.6 Epilogue.