THE EFFECT OF UV EXPOSURE ON THE TRACK AND BULK ETCHING RATES IN DIFFERENT CR-39 PLASTICS

被引:27
作者
KHAYRAT, AH
DURRANI, SA
机构
[1] School of Physics and Space Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham
关键词
ULTRAVIOLET EXPOSURE; TRACK DIAMETERS; SENSITIVITY; BULK ETCHING RATE; TRACK ETCHING RATE; CF-252; SOURCE;
D O I
10.1016/1350-4487(95)00061-I
中图分类号
TL [原子能技术]; O571 [原子核物理学];
学科分类号
0827 ; 082701 ;
摘要
It is observed that for both UK and Japanese CR-39 detectors the mean diameters of fission fragment and alpha tracks from a Cf-252 source become larger as a result of UV exposure; but in the case of 'UV exposure last' (i.e. Cf + UV) the diameters are larger than in the case of 'UV exposure first' (i.e. UV + Cf). The bulk and track etching rates undergo an increase with UV exposure for the two kinds of CR-39.
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页码:163 / 164
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