Identification of spontaneous fission fragments by using thermally annealed PADC films

Authors

ABDALLAH F. SAAD
Nama Abdelssadk HAMED
Yasin Kailani ABDALLA

DOI

10.3906/fiz-1210-1

Abstract

One of main requirements in applied nuclear physics is the need of a detector capable of detecting and differentiating different particles. Thus, the fission products from a ^{252}Cf radioactive source, after about 12 half-life periods of alpha decay, are registered using virgin and annealed CR-39 polyallyldiglycol carbonate (PADC) films. In the case of virgin CR-39, a single peak appears corresponding to the heavy group of these products, while the other peak related to the light group is obscured. The annealed CR-39 detectors, on the other hand, were demonstrated to be highly sensitive to the fission fragments, and as a result we have observed the characteristic twin peaks of fission fragments from that radioactive source.

Keywords

^{252}Cf radioactive source, spontaneous fission, mass distribution, nuclear track detectors, annealed CR-39 detectors

First Page

356

Last Page

362

Recommended Citation

SAAD, ABDALLAH F.; HAMED, Nama Abdelssadk; and ABDALLA, Yasin Kailani (2013) "Identification of spontaneous fission fragments by using thermally annealed PADC films," Turkish Journal of Physics: Vol. 37: No. 3, Article 10. https://doi.org/10.3906/fiz-1210-1
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/physics/vol37/iss3/10