TITLE:
A New Method to Determine the Maximum Value of the Track Length of Alpha Particle in CR-39 Detector
AUTHORS:
Hussein A. Ahmed, A. Mohammed, A. Said Ahmad
KEYWORDS:
Maximum Value of Track Length, CR-39, Range of Alpha Particle, Nuclear Track Detector (NTD)
JOURNAL NAME:
Materials Sciences and Applications,
Vol.6 No.2,
February
4,
2015
ABSTRACT: The aim of this paper is to determine the maximum values of the track length (Lmax) of alpha particles
in Nuclear Track Detector (type CR-39) using a new method by taking the relation between
the etching time and the diameter square of alpha particle with different energies at constant bulk
etch rate VB (1.45 μm/hr) by using TRACK_TEST program from Brun et al. function and Yu et al.
function. Using the new equation, the maximum values of the track lengths of alpha particles
measured in CR-39 detector have been found to be in a good agreement with the values measured
by using Brun et al. function and Yu et al. function in TRACK_TEST program.