| Etched tracks and serendipitous dosimetry. | |
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PMID: 16644937 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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Nuclear tracks in detectors that just happened to be there can be found in unexpected places. Eyeglasses, household glass, minerals, objects that were exposed to nuclear explosions, and space equipment on the moon are examples. Such materials allow us to measure doses of past radon exposures, cosmic-ray fluences, fission rates and neutrons. Incidental results include measuring mountain-building rates and deciding where finding oil is likely (or unlikely); in another case erosion rates of surface materials in space are found. New results that assess the effects of hydration layers on the leaching out from glass surfaces of imbedded alpha-recoil nuclei imply that long-term, retrospective radon measurements can be made more reliable by selecting only glass with compact hydration layers. |
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Authors:
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Robert L Fleischer; Sekyung Chang; Jeremy Farrell; Rachel C Herrmann; Jonathan MacDonald; Marek Zalesky; Robert H Doremus |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Review Date: 2006-04-27 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Radiation protection dosimetry Volume: 120 ISSN: 0144-8420 ISO Abbreviation: Radiat Prot Dosimetry Publication Date: 2006 |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2006-09-21 Completed Date: 2006-12-05 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8109958 Medline TA: Radiat Prot Dosimetry Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 450-6 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Geology, Union College, Schenectady, NY 12308, USA. fleischr@union.edu |
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Radiation Dosage Radiation Monitoring / methods* Radioisotopes / analysis* |
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0/Radioisotopes |
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