OPTICAL-DENSITY OF THE ETCHED ALPHA-TRACKS IN CR-39 NUCLEAR TRACK DETECTOR

Authors
ELHOFY M ELSAMMAN H
Citation
M. Elhofy et H. Elsamman, OPTICAL-DENSITY OF THE ETCHED ALPHA-TRACKS IN CR-39 NUCLEAR TRACK DETECTOR, Radiation measurements, 29(5), 1998, pp. 461-464
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology
Journal title
Radiation measurements → ACNP
ISSN journal
13504487
Volume
29
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
461 - 464
Database
ISI
SICI code
1350-4487(1998)29:5<461:OOTEAI>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
An optical method is presented for alpha spectroscopy by measuring the optical density of etched CR-39 samples irradiated with different alp ha particle energies. The relation between the optical density per tra ck, alpha energy and etching conditions were studied using a simple ex perimental setup. An empirical formula to calculate the stopping power of alpha particles in a CR-39 detector is proposed in this study. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.