Using polyvinyl chloride dyed with bromocresol purple in radiation dosimetry.
Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) dyed with bromocresol purple was investigated as a high-dose radiation dosimeter. The absorbance at 417 nm depends linearly on the dose below 50 kGy. The response depends neither on dose rate nor on the irradiation temperature. The effects of post-irradiation storage in the dark and in indirect sunlight are also discussed.
Atomic Energy Commission of Syria, Department of Radiation Technology, Accuracy of Measurements Division, P.O. Box 6091, Damascus, Syria. ascientific@aec.org.sy
Munzer
M
Kattan
Haroun
H
al Kassiri
Yarob
Y
Daher
D001962:Bromcresol Purple; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D004355:Drug Stability; D005373:Film Dosimetry / Q000379:methods*; D011143:Polyvinyl Chloride; D013696:Temperature
D001962:Bromcresol Purple; D011143:Polyvinyl Chloride