title: An electron spin resonance (ESR) investigation of the dosimetric potential of potassium tartrate.
abstract: While unirradiated potassium tartrate (PT) samples do not exhibit any electron spin resonance signal, irradiated ones contain many resonance signals. A power function of the radiation dose was found to describe well the dose-response curve of the central resonance signal, and adjusting the microwave power and modulation amplitude to be 2 mW and 1 mT, respectively, was found to increase the sensitivity of PT. The radiation sensitivity of PT and the accuracy of the measured radiation dose were found to be G = 0.42 and 6 %, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Physics Engineering Department,  Hacettepe University, 06800 Ankara,  Turkey.
authors.forename: Güney
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Korkmaz
authors.forename: Fulya
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ozsayin
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Polat
mesh_terms: D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D005720:Gamma Rays; D011874:Radiometry; D013644:Tartrates / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000528:radiation effects*
chemical_list: D013644:Tartrates; C029768:tartaric acid