W. C. Bentley

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

W. C. Bentley is a scholar working on Radiation, Global and Planetary Change and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, W. C. Bentley has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Radiation, 4 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 4 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in W. C. Bentley's work include Radioactive Decay and Measurement Techniques (5 papers), Radioactive contamination and transfer (4 papers) and Radioactive element chemistry and processing (4 papers). W. C. Bentley is often cited by papers focused on Radioactive Decay and Measurement Techniques (5 papers), Radioactive contamination and transfer (4 papers) and Radioactive element chemistry and processing (4 papers). W. C. Bentley collaborates with scholars based in United States. W. C. Bentley's co-authors include Kian Flynn, A.H. Jaffey, A.M. Essling, L.E. Glendenin, Donald C. Stewart, H. Diamond, R. E. Elson, D.J. Rokop, D.G. Graczyk and J. Williams and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review and Physical Review C.

In The Last Decade

W. C. Bentley

11 papers receiving 2.4k citations

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Precision Measurement of Half-Lives and Specific Activities ofU235andU238

1971 2.5k citations A.H. Jaffey, Kian Flynn et al. Physical Review C profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
W. C. Bentley United States	7	1.9k	864	774	469	236	11	2.6k
A.H. Jaffey United States	9	1.9k 1.0×	862 1.0×	775 1.0×	469 1.0×	236 1.0×	28	2.8k
L.E. Glendenin United States	22	1.9k 1.0×	885 1.0×	806 1.0×	474 1.0×	238 1.0×	59	3.9k
Kian Flynn United States	17	1.9k 1.0×	882 1.0×	805 1.0×	473 1.0×	241 1.0×	43	3.3k
M. H. DODSON United Kingdom	20	3.2k 1.7×	1.0k 1.2×	773 1.0×	308 0.7×	141 0.6×	37	3.8k
A.M. Essling United States	6	1.9k 1.0×	890 1.0×	834 1.1×	490 1.0×	246 1.0×	7	3.1k
C. Meyer United States	33	2.8k 1.5×	1.1k 1.3×	1.1k 1.5×	340 0.7×	198 0.8×	91	4.1k
K. Gopalan India	32	2.7k 1.5×	869 1.0×	611 0.8×	433 0.9×	180 0.8×	96	3.6k
Leon T. Silver United States	31	4.0k 2.2×	1.5k 1.7×	912 1.2×	247 0.5×	182 0.8×	74	4.7k
P. W. Gast United States	30	2.9k 1.5×	850 1.0×	881 1.1×	225 0.5×	62 0.3×	57	4.0k
G. R. Tilton United States	44	4.9k 2.6×	1.8k 2.1×	930 1.2×	489 1.0×	115 0.5×	85	5.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. C. Bentley

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11 of 11 papers shown

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Jaffey, A.H., H. Diamond, W. C. Bentley, et al.. (1978). The half life of 239Pu: By specific activity measurements and by mass spectronetric determination of daughter growth. The International Journal of Applied Radiation and Isotopes. 29(8). 505–507. 3 indexed citations

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Jaffey, A.H., H. Diamond, W. C. Bentley, D.G. Graczyk, & Kian Flynn. (1978). Half-life ofPu240. Physical Review C. 18(2). 969–973. 3 indexed citations

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Diamond, H., W. C. Bentley, A.H. Jaffey, & Kian Flynn. (1977). Half-lives ofPu238andCm242. Physical Review C. 15(3). 1034–1042. 8 indexed citations

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Jaffey, A.H., H. Diamond, W. C. Bentley, et al.. (1977). Half-life ofPu239by two independent methods. Physical Review C. 16(1). 354–369. 7 indexed citations

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Jaffey, A.H., et al.. (1974). New determination of theU233specific activity and half-life. Physical Review C. 9(5). 1991–2000. 12 indexed citations

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Flynn, Kian, A.H. Jaffey, W. C. Bentley, & A.M. Essling. (1972). Precision measurement of half-life and specific activity of 236U. Journal of Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry. 34(4). 1121–1129. 15 indexed citations

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Jaffey, A.H., Kian Flynn, L.E. Glendenin, W. C. Bentley, & A.M. Essling. (1971). Precision Measurement of Half-Lives and Specific Activities ofU235andU238. Physical Review C. 4(5). 1889–1906. 2462 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bentley, W. C.. (1968). Alpha half-life of 244Cm. Journal of Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry. 30(8). 2007–2009. 24 indexed citations

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Bentley, W. C., et al.. (1963). Dynamic response testing of transient pressure transducers for liquid propellant rocket combustion chambers. Calhoun: The Naval Postgraduate School Institutional Archive (Naval Postgraduate School). 1 indexed citations

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Stewart, Donald C. & W. C. Bentley. (1954). Analysis of Uranium in Sea Water. Science. 120(3106). 50–51. 29 indexed citations

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Elson, R. E., W. C. Bentley, A. Ghiorso, & Q. Van Winkle. (1953). The Thermal Neutron Fission and Capture Cross Section ofU232. Physical Review. 89(1). 320–320. 2 indexed citations

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