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Technological Applications of Ion Tracks in Insulators

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 November 2013

Robert L. Fleischer
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Natural nuclear tracks in solids have existed since close to the beginning of the solar system, billions of years ago. Only during the last few decades have we learned how to employ tracks practically. Uses now range from radiation dosimetry to microchemical analysis, virus counting, oil and uranium exploration, and aiding earthquake prediction. The key to these applications is track etching, which in insulators allows tracks to be revealed simply and then enlarged. Etching also makes it possible to produce minute holes with clean, geometric shapes.

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Ion Tracks in Solids
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MRS Bulletin , Volume 20 , Issue 12 , December 1995 , pp. 35 - 41
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1995

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