• DocumentCode
    786802
  • Title

    Polytetrafluoroethylene as a Radiation Dosimeter

  • Author

    Judeikis, Henry S. ; Siegel, Seymour

  • Author_Institution
    The Aerospace Corporation
  • Volume
    14
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1967
  • Firstpage
    237
  • Lastpage
    238
  • Abstract
    The utility of the quantitative assay of free radicals produced in polytetrafluoroethylene as a means of ionizing radiation dosimetry is discussed. Electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy is used as the diagnostic technique. It is shown that this dosimetry concept is very useful over the range 10/3 to 108 rad and that the range can be extended on both ends without much difficulty. Also, this material can be used to obtain depthdose profiles in a straightforward manner.
  • Keywords
    Dosimetry; Electrons; Geometrical optics; Ionizing radiation; Optical materials; Optical polymers; Optical saturation; Paramagnetic resonance; Spectroscopy; Stability;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.1967.4324801
  • Filename
    4324801