Abstract Inactivation of . spores has been studied using accelerated He, C, N, O and Ne ions. The energy dependence of the inactivation cross sections for heavy ions was very weak and the mean cross sections for carbon ions (0.6 – 4.7 MeV/amμ), nitrogen ions (0.6 – 4.1 MeV/amμ), oxygen ions (0.8 – 1.1 MeV/amμ), and neon ions (2.2 – 3.7 MeV/amμ) were found to be about 0.22, 0.23, 0.26, and 0.33 μm2, respectively. Analysis was carried out along lines similar to Katz's target theory but the parameters were chosen so that they have an experimental basis.
Effect of heavy ions on bacterial spores
Advances in Space Research ; 3 , 8 ; 95-104
1983-01-01
10 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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