ELECTROCHEMICAL ETCHING CIRCUIT FOR TRACK COUNTING IN POLYMER FOILS

Authors
HUSSEIN A HAGER SA ELNIMR MK GHANIM EH
Citation
A. Hussein et al., ELECTROCHEMICAL ETCHING CIRCUIT FOR TRACK COUNTING IN POLYMER FOILS, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms, 88(4), 1994, pp. 490-494
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Nuclear","Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Instument & Instrumentation
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms → ACNP
ISSN journal
0168583X
Volume
88
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
490 - 494
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-583X(1994)88:4<490:EECFTC>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
A sinusoidal high-voltage, high-frequency power supply has been design ed in our laboratory for the use in electrochemical etching (ECE) deve lopment of charged and recoil particle tracks in polymeric detectors. The system operates well over a wide range of frequencies, from 0.5 up to 10 kHz with maximum peak-to-peak output voltage of about 8.0 kV. E CE parameters have been studied for optimum etching conditions. The ci rcuit is applicable to particle identification and detection providing a low power consumption without any distortion in the wave-form of th e output signals.