Caresana M, Parravicini A, Coria S, Stabilini A, Assenmacher F, Yukihara E G
Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Energia, via la Masa 34, Milan, Italy.
MI.AM srl, via De Amicis 5, Fabbiano, Italy.
Radiat Prot Dosimetry. 2018 Aug 1;180(1-4):196-200. doi: 10.1093/rpd/ncx193.
The objective of this study was to compare poly-allyl diglycol carbonate (PADC) track detectors from different suppliers for linear energy transfer (LET) spectrometry and neutron dosimetry. PADCs are commonly used for passive personal neutron dosimetry, where a common approach is to couple the PADC with a plastic radiator to generate secondary charged particles. The neutron dose can be estimated using the track density or the average LET of the secondary particles. The characterisation of PADC in terms of LET spectrometric capability and neutron sensitivity was previously performed using PADC from Intercast S.r.l., Parma, Italy, but this company stopped the production. Since it is common experience that material from different suppliers can have different properties, it became necessary to perform a comparison of PADCs from different suppliers with the Intercast material. The study permits to compare the reading procedures used at Politecnico di Milano and at the Paul Scherrer Institute.
本研究的目的是比较不同供应商的聚烯丙基二甘醇碳酸酯（PADC）径迹探测器用于线性能量转移（LET）能谱测定和中子剂量测定的情况。PADC通常用于被动个人中子剂量测定，一种常用方法是将PADC与塑料辐射体耦合以产生次级带电粒子。中子剂量可通过径迹密度或次级粒子的平均LET来估算。之前使用意大利帕尔马Intercast S.r.l.公司生产的PADC对PADC在LET能谱测定能力和中子灵敏度方面进行了表征，但该公司已停止生产。由于不同供应商的材料通常具有不同特性，因此有必要将不同供应商的PADC与Intercast公司的材料进行比较。该研究有助于比较米兰理工大学和保罗·谢勒研究所所使用的读数程序。
