Track-profile and range studies of heavy and light ions in CR-39: Effect of thermal pre-treatment on etching characteristics

Effect of pre-etching on the registratio

Effect of pre-etching on the registration in CR-39 of electrochemically-etched tracks of protons and alpha particles of different energies

✍ W.G. Cross; A. Arneja; H. Ing 📂 Article 📅 1984 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 348 KB

The amount of pre-etchlng needed to register electrochemlcally-etched (ECE) tracks efficiently in CR-39 varies with the particle LET. This dependence was studied for monoenergetlc alpha particles from i to 5.5 MeV and protons from 0.4 to 13.8 MeV. Pre-etchlng must be between upper and lower limits,