Ionizing Radiation
Online ISSN : 2758-9064
Development of Solid-State Nuclear Track Detector for Radiation Education
Ippei ISHIKAWAShuji KIYOHARAAtsushi UTSUMI
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2025 Volume 50 Issue 1 Pages 20-24

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PADC (Poly Allyl Diglycol Carbonate) is well known as a highly sensitive solid-state nuclear track detector. In addition, the usefulness of the teaching method using PADC has been demonstrated. In addition, issues such as "shortening experiment time" and "safety of deleterious drugs" remain. In this study, in order to adjust the solubility of PADC, we performed an experiment to make it more soluble by irradiating the surface with ultraviolet rays after the completion of PADC, and improved the etching rate by adding ethanol to the etching solution. An experiment was conducted in which an anti-stacking agent was added during the material mixing stage. When UV-irradiated PADC with an overlapping inhibitor was etched with an ethanol-added etching solution, it was possible to obtain an etch pit diameter about 4.5 times larger than that of a standard home-made PADC.
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