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Solid state nuclear track detector; bulk etch rate; track etch rate; activation energy; energy loss

The track etch rates of₁₀²⁰Ne-ion in cellulose nitrate (LR-115) have been measured for different temperatures and the activation energy is determined. The experimental results show that both the track etch rate and the normalized track etch rate depend on the energy loss as well as on etching temperature. The maximum etched track length of₁₀²⁰Ne-ion agrees with the theoretically computed range. The experimental results show that there is no sharp threshold, at least in CN(LR-115).

S M Farid¹

1. Department of Physics, Rajshahi University, Rajshahi, Bangladesh

Published

May 1986

Manuscript received

18 July 1985

Manuscript revised

25 February 1986