Annealing phenomena in solid state track recorders

Gold, R.; Roberts, James H.; Ruddy, F.H.

doi:10.1016/0191-278x(81)90003-2

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“…Mantovani [65] proposed a linear relationship between track retention and heating time for muscovite. Gold et al [66] advanced a general reaction rate theory for the annealing process in SSNTDs. Mark and Mark [67,68] proposed that the exact solution for isothermal fission track annealing can be well described as a diffusion process using an infinite series.…”

Section: Radiation Induced Modification Of Materialsmentioning

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Modgil-Virk Formulation of Single Activation Energy Model of Radiation Damage Annealing in SSNTDs: A Critical Appraisal

Virk

2015

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Passage of heavy ions produces radiation-damage trails known as latent tracks in a variety of solid-state nuclear-track detectors (SSNTDs). These tracks are made visible in an optical microscope by a simple process known as chemical etching. It is a well-known fact that latent tracks are radiation damage trails in SSNTDs, which can be annealed by thermal heating. Modgil-Virk formulation of single-activation-energy model of radiation damage annealing was proposed as an empirical approach for explaining the thermal fading of nuclear tracks in SSNTDs. The empirical formulation of this model is based on track annealing data collected from both isothermal and isochronal experiments performed on different types of SSNTDs using a variety of heavy ion beams and fission fragments. The main objective of this empirical model was to resolve some contradictions of variable activation energy derived by using Arrhenius plots to study annealing in mineral SSNTDs. Some equivalent versions of the Modgil-Virk model have been proposed but the concept of single activation energy is vindicated in all empirical formulations. The model always yields a unique value of activation energy independent of the nature of the ion beam used and the degree of annealing. The anisotropy of the mineral SSNTDs is revealed by variation in activation energy along different crystal planes and even with different orientations of the ion beam on the same plane. Some recent experiments are a pointer to the successful exploitation of this model for future cosmic-rays studies using SSNTDs.

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Modgil-Virk Formulation of Single Activation Energy Model of Radiation Damage Annealing in SSNTDs: A Critical Appraisal

Virk

2015

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“…Knowledge of the annealing mechanism of nuclear tracks in thin sheets of polycarbonate and in crystalline minerals has become of increasing interest due to the wide applications of such tracks in fission track geochronology (Storzer 1970, Haack and Potts 1972, Sandhu and Westgate 1995. Most of the previous studies on thermal recovery of the damage have been restricted to the fission fragment tracks in minerals, glasses and plastics (Burchart et al 1979, Gold et al 1981, Mark et al 1981, Ritter and Mark 1983, Khan et al 1984, Green et al 1985. These studies do not reflect the exact picture of the etching and annealing mechanism because of the lower range, unidentified mass and energy and higher statistical errors inherent in fission fragment tracks, especially in case of plastics.…”

Section: Annealing Mechanismmentioning

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Study of etching and annealing characteristics of ion tracks in Trifol-TN polycarbonate

Jain

Randhawa

Bose

et al. 1998

J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys.

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The etching and annealing characteristics of heavy ion irradiated Trifol-TN polycarbonate plastic were studied. The values of various etching parameters, namely bulk etch rate , track etch rate , critical angle , sensitivity (S), etching efficiency and activation energies for bulk and track etching are reported. The isochronal annealing was performed on (17.17 and ) ion-irradiated Trifol-TN plastic. The annealing kinetics of heavy ion damaged Trifol-TN is described by using various empirical formulations. Finally, the experimental range of ions in Trifol-TN has been compared with the calculated values from different formulations.

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Fission tracks in minerals: Annealing kinetics, track structure and age correction

Bertel

Märk

1983

Phys Chem Minerals

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Annealing phenomena in solid state track recorders

Cited by 25 publications

References 16 publications

Modgil-Virk Formulation of Single Activation Energy Model of Radiation Damage Annealing in SSNTDs: A Critical Appraisal

Modgil-Virk Formulation of Single Activation Energy Model of Radiation Damage Annealing in SSNTDs: A Critical Appraisal

Study of etching and annealing characteristics of ion tracks in Trifol-TN polycarbonate

Fission tracks in minerals: Annealing kinetics, track structure and age correction

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