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Track etching characteristics of polyester track detector and its application to uranium estimation in seawater samples

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Garware Polyester Film, an indigenously available material has been evaluated systematically as a nuclear track detector for the detection of fission fragments. The relative fission track detection efficiency of this film was found to be (86.0±4.0)%. The bulk etch rate, determined by the gravimetric method, was found to be 0.75±0.05 μm/h. The track etch rate was determined as 15.0±1.5 μm/h. This detector was employed for the estimation of uranium in seawater samples and the results obtained were compared with the results obtained by using the commonly used Lexan detector. Uranium fractions after chemical separation from seawater samples were also analyzed by alpha-spectrometry and neutron activation analysis techniques and the results were compared with that obtained by the fission track method. Fission track method has the advantage, as it does not require any chemical separation. The indigenously available polyester film (polyethylene terphthalate) appears to be a good substitute of Lexan as nuclear track detector.

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  1. Radiochemistry Division, BARC, Trombay, Mumbai, 400085, India

    P. C. Kalsi, A. Ramaswami & V. K. Manchanda

  2. Internal Dosimetry Division, BARC, Trombay, Mumbai, 400085, India

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Kalsi, P.C., Sawant, P.D., Ramaswami, A. et al. Track etching characteristics of polyester track detector and its application to uranium estimation in seawater samples. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 273, 473–477 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-007-6845-4

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