Temperature Dependence of Radiation Induced Conductivity in Insulators
- Physics Department, Utah State University 4415 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322 (United States)
- Idaho Accelerator Center, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID 83209 (United States)
This study measures Radiation Induced Conductivity (RIC) of Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE) over temperatures ranging from {approx}110 K to {approx}350 K. RIC occurs when incident ionizing radiation deposits energy and excites electrons into the conduction band of insulators. Conductivity was measured when a voltage was applied across vacuum-baked, thin film LDPE polymer samples in a parallel plate geometry. RIC was calculated as the difference in sample conductivity under no incident radiation and under an incident {approx}4 MeV electron beam at low incident fluxes of 10{sup -4}-10{sup -1} Gr/sec. The steady-state RIC was found to agree well with the standard power law relation, {sigma}{sub RIC} = k{sub RIC}{center_dot}D ring {sup {delta}} between conductivity, {sigma} and adsorbed dose rate, D ring . Both the proportionality constant, k{sub RIC}, and the power, {delta}, were found to be temperature dependant above {approx}250 K, with behavior consistent with photoconductivity models developed for localized trap states in disordered semiconductors. Below {approx}250 K, kRIC and {delta} exhibited little change. The observed difference in temperature dependence might be related to a structural phase transition seen at T{sub {beta}}{approx}256 K in prior studies of mechanical and thermodynamic properties of LDPE.
- OSTI ID:
- 21289522
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1099, Issue 1; Conference: CAARI 2008: 12. international conference on application of accelerators in research and industry, Fort Worth, TX (United States), 10-15 Aug 2008; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3120015; (c) 2009 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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