X-Ray energy dependence of the dose response of SIRAD radiation dosimeters

Tsang Cheung1, Martin J Butson, Peter K N Yu

  • 1City University of Hong Kong, Department of Physics and Materials Science, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong.

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