Remarks upon the densitometry of the tracks of heavy nuclei in nuclear emulsion

An analysis of the structure of tracks of heavy nuclei in nuclear emulsion leads to a method whereby charge scales appropriate to any given parameter which has arisen through measurement upon a track by means of a densitometer may be calculated. As an example, the mean widths of tapers at a residual range of 100 µm are calculated for various values of the charge and good agreement with experimental results is obtained.