Investigations of factors affecting the use of uranium metal as a source of alpha particles for the evaluation of alpha track detectors /

age of the detectors is also a parameter to be considered.

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Main Author: Voirin, Marc, 1969-
Format: Thesis eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1994.
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Summary:age of the detectors is also a parameter to be considered.
also demonstrated a dramatic effect of the age of the etching
appeared that, from 0 to 1.31 mg.cm-2, the thickness has an
association with an established etching process: 145 minutes
at 60'C in a 10% NAOH solution. This study also presented an
attenuation effect of the oxide layer was performed. It
comparisons could be performed.
constants This proved that the oxide layer thickness of the
experiments showed that the relative position (horizontal or
important effect on the exposure rate. However, for
Mg.CM-2. Therefore, the comparison initially planned could
now be continued. However, this study strongly suggests that
of the etching solution to the detector area to be etched.
Once the etching process was improved and set, a study of the
opportunity to obtain more knowledge of the etching process,
particle detectors. The SSNTD to be compared were different
Path6 LRI 15 films (cellulose nitrate) were used, in
polycarbonates and a cellulose nitrate detector. For this
purpose, an uranium foil was used as the alpha particle
resulting in the improvement of the etching efficiency. The
several Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors (SSNTD) as alpha
should be studied for the LR I 15 films before additional
solution on the etching efficiency and also showed that the
source. The foil created new problems which needed to be
studied in detail. Among these problems, the effect of the
surface was the most important. To study this effect, Kodak-
the effect of the age of the detector and the ratio of the
The original goal of the present thesis was to compare
thickness of the oxide layer on the uranium metal foil
thicknesses above this value, the exposure rate remains
uranium foil should not be of concern once it reaches 1.31
vertical) of the film in the etching bath was important. It
volume of the etching solution to the area to be etched
which required greater study, such as the ratio of the volume
With these experiments, other parameters were identified
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