Determination of a Critical Angle (θc) for Track Revelation for Different CR-39 Nuclear Track Detector Materials

Volume 12 , Issue 1 , January 2009 , Pages 109-118

Authors

¹ College of Science Education, Salahaddin University

Different thicknesses of 50 samples of commercially CR-39 Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors

(SSNTDs) have been prepared with different ages and from different produced companies. Track

parameters and plotting profiles, using computer program TRACK_TEST ware calculated. Detector

efficiency has been found to be depends strongly on the critical angle for track revelation (C). On the

other hand, critical angle depends strongly on the bulk etch rate.The results were specified that the

detectors older than 3 years seemed to show odd behaviors of VB with detector efficiency. For

age=3years the efficiency decreases exponentially for different alpha particle energy, and the bulk etch

rate (VB ) increases with decreasing age. This behavior may be important in applications of this detector;

for example, the calibration factor for radon measurements should be established by taking into account

the age of the detector

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