Radon track imaging in Cr-39 plastic detectors using confocal scanning laser microscopy.

Petford, N. and Wertheim, D. and Miller, J. A. (2005) Radon track imaging in Cr-39 plastic detectors using confocal scanning laser microscopy. Journal of Microscopy, 217. pp. 179-183. DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2005.01444.x

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Abstract

Confocal scanning laser microscopy (CSLM) has been used to provide the first images of radon track populations in two external CR-39 plastic detectors. Measurements of variables including track area distribution and estimates of the angle of track inclination (dip) derived from surface CSLM sections are presented. CSLM depth slices, combined with three-dimensional (3D) visualization techniques, provide a new, non-destructive way of examining the 2D and 3D geometry of the etched tracks within solid-state nuclear track detectors that may prove useful in complementing existing optical microscopy methods.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	2005 PUBL 2005 AREP IA47
Subjects:	03 - Mineral Sciences
Divisions:	03 - Mineral Sciences
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of Microscopy
Volume:	217
Page Range:	pp. 179-183
Identification Number:	10.1111/j.1365-2818.2005.01444.x
Depositing User:	Sarah Humbert
Date Deposited:	20 Aug 2010 10:46
Last Modified:	23 Jul 2013 09:59
URI:	http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/id/eprint/1774

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