On Jul 12, 2009, at 7:36 PM, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote:
At 08:31 PM 7/12/2009, you wrote:
since the normal CR-39 direct-contact chip is solidly damaged in
areas in contact,
The CR-39 is not damaged when the 6 micron protective film is in
place. Also, the "electrolysis damage" and "contact damage"
arguments were invalidated by control experiments.
No, by "damaged" I meant that they are so heavily pitted that
individual tracks can't be distinguished.
Or counted.
Ooops. My mistake.
Best regards,
Horace Heffner
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/