RESEARCH INTO RADIATION DAMAGE EFFECTS IN SOLIDS.

Abstract

The work has shown that almost all insulating solids, including natural minerals, glasses, and plastics record tracks of nuclear charged particles. After first describing the nature of tracks in solids and ways of seeing them, we show how they have been used in such diverse problems as measuring the age of geological and archeological specimens, studying the early history of the solar system recorded in meteorites, observing nuclear interactions, determining neutron fluxes, and separating biological cells of different sizes. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0617784

Entities

People

  • P. B. Price
  • R. L. Fleischer
  • R. M. Walker

Organizations

  • General Electric

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Astronomical Bodies
  • Charged Particles
  • Meteorites
  • Meteoroids
  • Neutron Flux
  • Particle Flux
  • Particles
  • Plastics
  • Radiation
  • Solar System

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics