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WE have attempted to improve the discrimination between α-tracks and γ-background in Ilford 50μ nuclear emulsions by utilizing the Herschel effect1. The Ilford emulsions being sensitive to infra-red, direct application of the Herschel effect resulted only in a blackening of the emulsions. Therefore a desensitizer was necessary ; phenosafranine was chosen2. The emulsions were treated in the following way :
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VAN CAMP, K., DORIKENS, M. & DORIKENS-VANPRAET, L. Discrimination between α-Tracks and γ-Background in Ilford Nuclear Emulsions . Nature 190, 38–39 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/190038a0
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