New alanine/EPR dosimeter using EVA copolymer/paraffin as a binder for high-dose radiation dosimetry: Performance characterization

International Journal of Polymeric Materials and Polymeric Biomaterials

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 927-939

  Abdel Fattah, A A ^a   Ezz El Din, H ^a   Abdel Rehim, F ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR RADIATION RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Alanine; EPR; Ethylene vinyl acetate; Radiation dosimetry

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATE (EVA) COPOLYMER; PARAFFIN WAX; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERIZATION;

AMINO ACIDS; BINDERS; COPOLYMERS; DOSIMETRY; MIXTURES; PARAFFINS; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; POLYETHYLENES; POLYVINYL ACETATES; WAXES;

DOSIMETERS;

EID: 28344431953     PISSN: 00914037     EISSN: 1563535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00914030490502445     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. D. F. Regulla and U. Deffner, Int. J. Appl. Radiat. Isotp. 33, 1101 (1982).
2. T. Kojima, R. Tanaka, Y. Morita, and T. Seguchi, Appl. Radiat. Isotp. 37, 517 (1986).
3. T. Kojima, H. L. A. Ranjith, Y. Haruyama, S. Kashiwazaki, and R. Tanaka, Appl. Radiat. Isot. 44, 41 (1993).
4. K. W. Hansen, K. J. Olsen, and M. Wille, Radiat. Protect. Dosim. 19, 43 (1987).
5. I. Janovsky, J. W. Harsen, and P. Cernoch, Appl. Radiat. Isot. 39, 651 (1988).
6. D. F. Regula, A. Scharmann, and W. L. McLaughlin, (Eds) (1989). ESR Dosimetry and Applications (Pergamon, Oxford, U.K).
7. T. Kojima and R. Tanaka, Appl. Radiat. Isot. 40, 851 (1989).
8. A. Bartolotta, P. L. Indovina, S. Onori, and A. Rosati, Radiat. Protect. Dosim 9, 277 (1984).
9. J. M. Arber and P. H. G. Sharpe, Appl. Radiat. Isot. 44, 19 (1993).
10. M. T. Razzak, S. Sudiro, A. Sudradjat, A. Waskito, and M. F. Djamili, Radiat. Phys. Chem. 46, 1263 (1995).
11. U. Deffner and D. F. Regulla, Nucl. Instrum. Methods 175, 134 (1980).
12. T. Kojima, L. Chen, Y. Haruyama, H. Tachibana, and R. Tanaka, Appl. Radiat. Isot. 43, 863 (1992).
13. T. Kojima, N. Morishita, H. Itoh, and S. Biramontri, Appl. Radiat, Isot. 47, 457 (1996).
14. T. Kojima, S. Kashiwazaki, and Y. Zhang, Appl. Radiat. Isot. 48, 965 (1997).
15. ASTM, American Society for Testing and Materials (2002). Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Standard Guide E 1707.
16. J. H. Hubbell and S. M. Seltzer, (1997). Tables of X-Ray Mass Attenuation Coefficients and Mass Energy-Absorption Coefficients (version 1.03) [Online]. Available at: http://physics.nist.gov/xaamdi. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD.
17. M. J. Berger, J. S. Coursey, M. A. Zucker, (1999). ESTAR, PSTAR, and ASTAR: Computer Programs for Calculating Stopping-Power and Range Tables for Electrons, Protons, and Helium Ions (version 1.21), [Online]. Available at: http://physics.nist.gov/Star. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD.