King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology

Hashemite University

Khalid Ahmed Rabaeh

Ahmed Ali Basfar

Feras M Aldweri

Akram Ahmed Al-Moussa

Kefaia N Al-ahmad

Ahmed Basfar

Calcein-PVA film and Calcein solution dosimeters is made for high dose applications. Systematic evaluation of dosimetric properties for the films is being conducted and was found useful for routine dosimeter in industrial radiation processing. The color bleaching of CA-PVA film and CA solution increases gradually with increasing absorbed dose in the dose range of 5-30 kGy for film, and 0.25-1 kGy for solution. The dose sensitivity increases significantly with increase of concentration of CA dye. The response of the CA-PVA films was slightly affected by relative humidity and temperature. The stability of film dosimeters and solutions after irradiation was very high and were stable for up to 30 days.

Method of making radiochromic dosimeter using Calcein dye

NBT-PVA film dosimeters performance is affected due to high humidity levels. NBT-PVB film dosimeters with a relatively small effect of high humidity levels on its performance are invented. NBT-PVB film dosimeters are made by using alcoholic solution to dissolve both of NBT and PVB. The films are very useful for routine dosimeter in industrial radiation processing. A very high sensitivity NBT-PVB Radio-chromic film dosimeter is achieved due to high solubility of NBT dye in 2-methoxyethanol enabling the addition of very high concentrations of NBT dye in the film dosimeters. The dose response of conventional NBT-PVA dosimeter films are normally saturated after 50 kGy, while the invented composites of NBT-PVB dosimeter films demonstrated high dose range up to 100 kGy for high dose industrial use.

Method of manufacturing a nitro blue tetrazolium and polyvinyl butyral based dosimeter film

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Zarqa, Jordan

Khalid Ahmed Rabaeh