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WE have recently examined various effects of high-speed electron radiation on the properties of polyethylene. Among other effects, we observed that the intensity of fluorescence (excited by mercury-lamp illumination of a polyethylene sample previously electron-beam irradiated) increased linearly with radiation dosage in the range from 0 to 40 Mrads. The fluorescence is persistent, reproducible and easily measured, and thus may be useful for dosimetry applications.
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RADOVSKY, D., BRUMBERGER, H. Electron-beam Dosimetry using the Radiation-induced Fluorescence of Polyethylene. Nature 216, 469–470 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/216469a0
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