Thermal annealing induced alterations of optical properties in a CR-39 polymeric nuclear track detector | ||||
| Bulletin of Faculty of Science, Zagazig University | ||||
| Article 4, Volume 2024, Issue 1, April 2024, Page 36-42 PDF (918.74 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/bfszu.2023.222337.1286 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Amany T. Gendya  1; Abdallah Saad2; M. Al-Abyad3
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| 1Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt | ||||
| 2physics, Faculty of science, Zagazig university | ||||
| 3Nuclear Physics Department (Cyclotron Facility), Nuclear Research Centre, Atomic Energy Authority | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Isochronal annealing experiment was conducted on poly allay diglycol carbonate (PADC) commercially known as a CR-39 detector. The detector films were subjected thermal treatment at 130, 140, 150 and 160 °C for annealing time of 8 h. The qualitative impacts of these treatments have been analyzed by means of ultraviolet/visible (UV/Vis) spectrophotometry in the range 190–800 nm, considering optical properties such as absorbance, band-gap energy, and Urbach energy. As control, CR-39 detector film non-subjected thermal treatment (pristine film) was also examined. This paper shows how the well-controlled thermal treatment of the PADC detector can alter its optical properties in the near-surface layer of thickness beyond a couple of hundreds of nanometers. This finding is more pronounced for cases of higher annealing temperatures and larger annealing time intervals. The absorbance, direct and in-direct band gaps, Urbach energy and carbon atoms per conjugated length proved to be highly affected by increasing the thermal annealing temperature ranging from 130 to 160 °C for 8 h annealing period of time. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| PADC; CR-39 detectors; Thermal annealing; optical properties; band energy gap | ||||
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