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Fleischer, Robert L.

 
9780387983424: Tracks to Innovation: Nuclear Tracks in Science and Technology
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ISBN 10: 0387983422 ISBN 13: 9780387983424
Editorial: Springer, 1998

Sinopsis

In the late 1950s, scientists at General Electric -- among them the author -- discovered that when mica is exposed to energetic charged particles, the particles leave latent tracks in the material. It soon turned out that glass, plastics, or certain other materials can be similarly treated. This discovery paved the way not only for a new and useful method of measuring radioactivity, it has also found widespread applications in other fields, ranging from geology and materials science to archaeology and art history. Fleischer presents the history of these developments and discusses the applications of the technique in a way that will interest anyone even with only a minimal knowledge of physics.

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In the early 1960s, it was discovered that when mica is exposed to energetic charged particles (from radioactive decays or cosmic rays, for example), the particles leave latent tracks in the material. Three scientists at General Electric (Buford Price, Robert Walker, and the author) found that chemically etching such an irradiated material reveals the tracks as narrow, deep pits, whose size and shape are determined both by the particle that made the track, by the material in which the track is made, and by the technique used in etching. It soon turned out that glass, plastics, or certain other materials can similarly be used to detect nuclear particles. This discovery paved the way not only for a new and useful method of detecting nuclear radiation, it has also found widespread applications in other fields. Fleischer presents the history of these developments and discusses the applications of the technique in a way that will be of interest to anyone with a minimal knowledge of physics.

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Editorial
Springer
Año de publicación
1998
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ISBN 10 
0387983422
ISBN 13 
9780387983424
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Número de páginas
208
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