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- Title
Characterization of aqueous rose bengal dye solution for the measurement of low doses of gamma radiation.
- Authors
Khan, Hasan Mahmood; Khan, Ashfaq A.
- Abstract
Aqueous solution of rose bengal dye has been studied spectrophotometrically as a gamma-ray dosimeter for the measurement of low doses of radiation. The useful dose range was found to be from 50 to 1000 Gy when the measurements were made at 549 nm. The effects of temperature and light conditions on the stability of response during post-irradiation storage were also investigated. When stored in dark at room temperature, the dosimetric solutions showed a stable response up to 22 days. The storage of irradiated solutions in diffused sunlight showed a stable response only up to 6 days. When exposed to direct sunlight, very prominent and fast bleaching of dye solution occurred. At low storage temperature (ca. 11 °C), dosimetric response was found to be stable up to 22 days while at higher temperature (ca. 30 °C), the response of dosimetric solution was stable only up to 6 days. The rose bengal aqueous solution showed promising characteristics as a low dose radiation dosimeter when stored at lower temperatures (<25 °C) in dark.
- Subjects
ROSE bengal; DOSIMETERS; GAMMA rays; COAL-tar colors; IRRADIATION
- Publication
Journal of Radioanalytical & Nuclear Chemistry, 2010, Vol 284, Issue 1, p37
- ISSN
0236-5731
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10967-010-0485-9