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3-D imaging of particle tracks in solid state nuclear track detectors
1Faculty of Computing IS & Maths, Kingston University, Surrey, KT1 2EE, UK
2Faculty of Science, Kingston University, Surrey, KT1 2EE, UK
3Advanced Engineered Materials Group, National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, Middlesex, UK
4Bournemouth University, Dorset, UK
Abstract. It has been suggested that 3 to 5% of total lung cancer deaths in the UK may be associated with elevated radon concentration. Radon gas levels can be assessed using CR-39 plastic detectors which are often assessed by 2-D image analysis of surface images. 3-D analysis has the potential to provide information relating to the angle at which alpha particles impinge on the detector. In this study we used a "LEXT" OLS3100 confocal laser scanning microscope (Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, Japan) to image tracks on five CR-39 detectors. We were able to identify several patterns of single and coalescing tracks from 3-D visualisation. Thus this method may provide a means of detailed 3-D analysis of Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors.
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Citation: Wertheim, D., Gillmore, G., Brown, L., and Petford, N.: 3-D imaging of particle tracks in solid state nuclear track detectors, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 10, 1033-1036, doi:10.5194/nhess-10-1033-2010, 2010. Bibtex EndNote Reference Manager XML
