Published February 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

Possibility of precipitated CaCO3 with vitamin C as a new dosimetric material

  • 1. Department of Earth and Space Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1, Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043 (Japan)

Description

Precipitated CaCO3 in the presence of vitamin C has been investigated as an ESR dosimeter. γ-ray irradiation produced a sharp electron spin resonance (ESR) signal with a linewidth (0.015 mT) with high thermal stability. Required microwave power (0.02 mW) and magnetic field modulation (0.02 mT) for ESR measurement were about 250 and 30 times lower than those of DL-α-alanine, respectively. The lower detection limit was reduced from ∼3 Gy for a commercial alanine dosimeter to ∼20 mGy for γ-rays for this material

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.apradiso.2004.08.025;
PII
S0969-8043(04)00479-8;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Applied Radiation and Isotopes
Journal Volume
62
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 337-341
ISSN
0969-8043
CODEN
ARISEF

Conference

Title
6. international symposium on ESR dosimetry and applications
Dates
12-16 Oct 2003
Place
Campos do Jordao (Brazil)

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