Dosimetry using silver salts

Patent · Tue Jun 24 04:00:00 EDT 2003

OSTI ID:958095

Warner, Benjamin P ^[1]

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1. Los Alamos, NM

The present invention provides a method for detecting ionizing radiation. Exposure of silver salt AgX to ionizing radiation results in the partial reduction of the salt to a mixture of silver salt and silver metal. The mixture is further reduced by a reducing agent, which causes the production of acid (HX) and the oxidized form of the reducing agent (R). Detection of HX indicates that the silver salt has been exposed to ionizing radiation. The oxidized form of the reducing agent (R) may also be detected. The invention also includes dosimeters employing the above method for detecting ionizing radiation.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM
• Sponsoring Organization: United States Department of Energy
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• Assignee: The Regents of the University of California (Los Alamos, NM)
• Patent Number(s): 6,583,425
• Application Number: 09/312,753
• OSTI ID: 958095
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English