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Title: Measurements of prompt radiation induced conductivity of Kapton.

Abstract

We performed measurements of the prompt radiation induced conductivity in thin samples of Kapton (polyimide) at the Little Mountain Medusa LINAC facility in Ogden, UT. Three mil samples were irradiated with a 0.5 {mu}s pulse of 20 MeV electrons, yielding dose rates of 1E9 to 1E10 rad/s. We applied variable potentials up to 2 kV across the samples and measured the prompt conduction current. Analysis rendered prompt conductivity coefficients between 6E-17 and 2E-16 mhos/m per rad/s, depending on the dose rate and the pulse width.

Authors:
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  1. ITT Corporation, Colorado Springs, CO
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1005058
Report Number(s):
SAND2010-7284
TRN: US1101255
DOE Contract Number:  
AC04-94AL85000
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; DOSE RATES; ELECTRONS; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; MOUNTAINS; POTENTIALS; PULSES; RADIATIONS; WIDTH

Citation Formats

Preston, Eric F, Zarick, Thomas Andrew, Sheridan, Timothy J, Hartman, E Frederick, and Stringer, Thomas Arthur. Measurements of prompt radiation induced conductivity of Kapton.. United States: N. p., 2010. Web. doi:10.2172/1005058.
Preston, Eric F, Zarick, Thomas Andrew, Sheridan, Timothy J, Hartman, E Frederick, & Stringer, Thomas Arthur. Measurements of prompt radiation induced conductivity of Kapton.. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1005058
Preston, Eric F, Zarick, Thomas Andrew, Sheridan, Timothy J, Hartman, E Frederick, and Stringer, Thomas Arthur. 2010. "Measurements of prompt radiation induced conductivity of Kapton.". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1005058. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1005058.
@article{osti_1005058,
title = {Measurements of prompt radiation induced conductivity of Kapton.},
author = {Preston, Eric F and Zarick, Thomas Andrew and Sheridan, Timothy J and Hartman, E Frederick and Stringer, Thomas Arthur},
abstractNote = {We performed measurements of the prompt radiation induced conductivity in thin samples of Kapton (polyimide) at the Little Mountain Medusa LINAC facility in Ogden, UT. Three mil samples were irradiated with a 0.5 {mu}s pulse of 20 MeV electrons, yielding dose rates of 1E9 to 1E10 rad/s. We applied variable potentials up to 2 kV across the samples and measured the prompt conduction current. Analysis rendered prompt conductivity coefficients between 6E-17 and 2E-16 mhos/m per rad/s, depending on the dose rate and the pulse width.},
doi = {10.2172/1005058},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1005058}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2010},
month = {Fri Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2010}
}