Published 1986 | Version v1
Journal article

The effects of heat and humidity before, during and after exposure on the response of PADC (CR-39) to alpha particles

  • 1. National Radiological Protection Board, Chilton (UK)

Description

The effects of heat and humidity on the track registration efficiency of PADC (CR-39) were measured using three different processing and counting techniques. It was found that the track registration efficiency decreased with temperature or all the assessment techniques. Humidity at the time of exposure caused a large additional loss in sensitivity for two assessment techniques, but not for visual counting of chemically etched tracks. (author)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nucl. Tracks Radiat. Meas.
Journal Volume
12
Journal Issue
1-6
Series
Nucl. Tracks Radiat. Meas.
Journal Page Range
133-136
ISSN
0735-245X
CODEN
NTMRD

Conference

Title
13. international conference on solid state nuclear track detectors.
Dates
23-27 Sep 1985.
Place
Rome (Italy).