Journals / Turkish Journal of Physics / 2013 / Cilt: 37 - Sayı: 3
Identification of spontaneous fission fragments by using thermally annealed PADC films
- Journal
- Turkish Journal of Physics
- Pages
- 356–362
- DOI
- —
Abstract
One of main requirements in applied nuclear physics is the need of a detector capable of detecting and differentiating different particles. Thus, the fission products from a 252Cf radioactive source, after about 12 half-life periods of alpha decay, are registered using virgin and annealed CR-39 polyallyldiglycol carbonate (PADC) films. In the case of virgin CR-39, a single peak appears corresponding to the heavy group of these products, while the other peak related to the light group is obscured. The annealed CR-39 detectors, on the other hand, were demonstrated to be highly sensitive to the fission fragments, and as a result we have observed the characteristic twin peaks of fission fragments from that radioactive source.
Özet
One of main requirements in applied nuclear physics is the need of a detector capable of detecting and differentiating different particles. Thus, the fission products from a 252Cf radioactive source, after about 12 half-life periods of alpha decay, are registered using virgin and annealed CR-39 polyallyldiglycol carbonate (PADC) films. In the case of virgin CR-39, a single peak appears corresponding to the heavy group of these products, while the other peak related to the light group is obscured. The annealed CR-39 detectors, on the other hand, were demonstrated to be highly sensitive to the fission fragments, and as a result we have observed the characteristic twin peaks of fission fragments from that radioactive source.