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Optical characterization of Fricke-methylthymol blue hydrogel dosimeter with gellan gum as physical cross-linker

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Modified formulation radio-chromic dosimeter consists of Fricke polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) with Methylthymol blue dye (MTB) and physical cross-linking agent gellan gum (GG) was introduced and evaluated optically. For comparison purposes, the conventional formulation with chemically cross-linked agent glutaraldehyde (GTA) was prepared and studied. Both Fricke dosimeters (MTB-PVA-GTA) and (MTB-PVA-GG) were irradiated using medical linear accelerator up to 30 Gy and readout using UV–Vis spectrophotometry technique at wavelengths of 620 nm. In the range of linear dose response up to 10 Gy, the sensitivity of the developed Fricke MTB-PVA-GG was found to be one and half times higher than the conventional Fricke MTB-PVA-GTA (0.123 vs. 0.084 a.u Gy− 1). The resulting dosimeter sensitivity with GG cross-linker was significant and higher than measured and reported previously sensitivity values for all other Fricke PVA and gelatin gel-based dosimeters. The stability of both dosimeters was observed and shown up to five days after irradiation. The dosimeters were independent on photon beam energy and dose rate. The overall uncertainties for the Fricke MTB-PVA-GTA and MTB-PVA-GG were calculated to be 4.24% and 3.60%, respectively.

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    Khalid A. Rabaeh, Molham M. Eyadeh & Ammar A. Oglat

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    Molham M. Eyadeh & Laith S. Alshomali

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Rabaeh, K.A., Eyadeh, M.M., Alshomali, L.S. et al. Optical characterization of Fricke-methylthymol blue hydrogel dosimeter with gellan gum as physical cross-linker. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 332, 1815–1823 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-023-08832-5

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