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Conductivity induced by Radiation in Polycrystalline Cadmium Sulphide and Polyethylene

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WHEN ionizing radiation falls on insulating or semiconducting solids, there is an increase in electrical conductivity resulting from the production of electron-hole pairs. If the source of ionizing radiation is removed, the conductivity decreases at a rate dependent upon the release of electrons from traps into the conduction band.

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  1. Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell, Didcot, Berks

    C. G. CLAYTON & B. C. HAYWOOD

  2. Physics Department, King's College Hospital, London, S.E.5.

    J. F. FOWLER

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CLAYTON, C., HAYWOOD, B. & FOWLER, J. Conductivity induced by Radiation in Polycrystalline Cadmium Sulphide and Polyethylene. Nature 183, 1112–1113 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1831112a0

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