SYMPOSIA PAPER Published: 01 January 2001
STP13671S

Neutron Dosimetry Using Diallyl Phthalate Resin

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Diallyl phthalate resin plates showed favorable characteristics as fission track detectors. The detection efficiency of fission fragments was about 100% for both perpendicular and random incidence. DAP plates were insensitive to alpha particles and fast neutrons. The plates possessing fission tracks were etched after heat treatment or after gamma-ray irradiation. Heat treatment above 160°C lasting for 1 hour and irradiation above 10kGy increased the etch-pit diameter. A reduction of the track detection efficiency was observed in the plates exposed to heat treatment of 260°C lasting for 1 hour and irradiations of 2MGy and above. These phenomena were observed in the study of plates in which fission tracks were made after the above- mentioned heat treatment or irradiation. These results suggest not only the conditions under which the plates may be used, but also the possibility of estimation of a detector's thermal history or gamma-ray dose.

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Tsuruta, T
Atomic Energy Research Institute, Kinki University, Osaka, Japan
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Developed by Committee: E10
Pages: 789–796
DOI: 10.1520/STP13671S
ISBN-EB: 978-0-8031-5450-6
ISBN-13: 978-0-8031-2884-2