Abstract
The resistivity of insulating materials for electrostatic, ion chamber dosimeters must be very high and must remain so after exposure to ionizing radiation. Low dielectric polarization and good fabrication characteristics make hydrocarbon polymers most suitable, but both the conductivity during irradiation and its decay afterward vary greatly even for the same type of polymer, probably depending on impurities.
Sponsored by the U.S. Army Electronics Command and the Defense Civil Preparedness Agency under Union Carbide Corporation’s contract with the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.
Excerpted from ORNL-4842, February 1973.
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Parkinson, W.W., Kelly, M.J., Salyer, I.O. (1974). The Effect of Polar Groups on the Post-Irradiation Conductivity of Polystyrene. In: Bishay, A. (eds) Recent Advances in Science and Technology of Materials. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-4538-1_3
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