Standard Procedures

Unless otherwise noted, the following procedures are used in these investigations:

CR-39 is exposed to 5.5 MeV alpha particles from an Americium 241 source

Particles are not collimated, resulting in varying angles of incidence

Standard etches are used: 6M NaOH at 80°C, 6 hours making a complete etch

Samples are plated with gold-palladium prior to imaging