title: Time dependence of the radiation-induced EPR signal in sucrose.
abstract: Sucrose and common household sugars (e.g. cane) have been studied as dosemeters for a wide variety of applications. However, previous studies of the post-irradiation time dependence of irradiated sugar did not include an electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) reference material. This work employs synthetic ruby as an EPR reference material to remove significant spectrometer/environmental influences on the measured time-dependent changes in the EPR spectral amplitude of irradiated sucrose. As such, these more accurate measurements should replace the previously published data.
authors.affiliation: Ionizing Radiation Division, Physics Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA. marcd@nist.gov
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Desrosiers
authors.forename: Samara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wadley
mesh_terms: D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D011874:Radiometry; D013395:Sucrose / Q000528:radiation effects*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D013395:Sucrose