VACUUM DESENSITIZATION OF CR-39 TRACK RECORDING PLASTIC

Authors
PROHASKA R GARATE E PAPADICHEV V FISHER A ROSTOKER N
Citation
R. Prohaska et al., VACUUM DESENSITIZATION OF CR-39 TRACK RECORDING PLASTIC, Review of scientific instruments, 65(9), 1994, pp. 3020-3021
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied","Instument & Instrumentation
Journal title
Review of scientific instruments → ACNP
ISSN journal
00346748
Volume
65
Issue
9
Year of publication
1994
Pages
3020 - 3021
Database
ISI
SICI code
0034-6748(1994)65:9<3020:VDOCTR>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
It has been observed that prolonged (several hours) exposure to vacuum (P<10(-4) Torr) renders CR-39 insensitive to the passage of 5.67 MeV alpha particles. Subsequent exposure to air results in a recovery of s ensitivity.