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Ionizing radiation and its chemical effects : a historical study of chemical dosimetry (1902-1962)

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Chorzempa, Mary André, Sister

Abstract:

Chemical dosimetry developed in response to needs created by developments in the field of high-energy radiation. Shortly after the discovery of X-rays in 1895 and of radioactivity in 1896, the deleterious effects of ionizing radiation were recognized. To guard against the injurious effects of radiation in medical application, dose-measuring methods...

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Dissertation

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magnetic field (125). Still R. J. Strutt, the 4th Baron Rayleigh, in 1901 noted similarities between the