Latent tracks generated in micro-crystalline α-L-alanine and standard bone powder by Co ion beams as investigated by EPR-method

Latent tracks created by ⁵⁹Co ions in l-α-alanine and standard bone powder were examinated by EPR-method. For 3.4 MeV/amu cobalt ions the mean radius of tracks (considered as the distance from the ion path on which a detectable concentration of paramagnetic centers exists) was estimated as (190±30) Å for l-α-alanine and (220±30) Å for bone powder.