A reanalysis of microdosimetric data pertaining to the quality factor of tritium.
A recently developed procedure for estimating the quality factor from microdosimetric data is applied to a published experiment involving tritium. Arguments are presented indicating that the observed value is most likely an estimate of a lower limit for this quantity. It is concluded that the data support a value of 2 for the tritium quality factor.
Prestwich
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Department of Physics, McMasters University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Kwok
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CS
D011874:Radiometry; D012062:Relative Biological Effectiveness; D014316:Tritium
D014316:Tritium