Yang LI, Xiaobin XIA, Zhen CAO, et al. An experimental study on optimal chemical etching condition for CR-39 used in neutron detection[J]. Nuclear techniques, 2016, 39(6): 060402
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Yang LI, Xiaobin XIA, Zhen CAO, et al. An experimental study on optimal chemical etching condition for CR-39 used in neutron detection[J]. Nuclear techniques, 2016, 39(6): 060402 DOI: 10.11889/j.0253-3219.2016.hjs.39.060402.
An experimental study on optimal chemical etching condition for CR-39 used in neutron detection
CR-39 is an important solid-state nuclear track detector
which is widely used in neutron detection and environmental monitoring. Chemical etching is usually used to expand the track in the application of CR-39.
Purpose
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The paper deals with chemical etching conditions of CR-39 and aims to get an optimal etching condition.
Methods
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The three major factors to CR-39 chemical etching are etching temperature
etching time and etchant concentration (NaOH solution was used in this paper)
and they were studied by an orthogonal design test. The etching temperature was 75℃
85℃ and 95℃
respectively; the etching time was 90 min
170 min and 240min
respectively; the etchant concentration was 5.5 mol
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6.25 mol
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and 7 mol
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respectively. Experimental data were analyzed with modified Grubbs rule and compared with the recommended chemical etching condition.
Results
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The optimal chemical etching condition for CR-39 used in neutron detection is 7 mol
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NaOH solution at 85℃ for 90min
which is better than the recommended chemical etching condition.
Conclusion
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An optimal chemical etching condition for CR-39 used in neutron detection was provided
and the condition was with less time than the recommended one.
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