STUDIES OF THE RESPONSE OF CR-39 TRACK DETECTORS TO PROTONS FROM A 3 MEV VANDEGRAAFF ACCELERATOR

A Van de Graaff proton accelerator was tested for its application to the study of CR-39 SSNTD response to accelerated protons. The energies of the proton beams ranged from 0.2 to 2.3 MeV. Two different beam angles of incidence were taken into consideration for each proton energy (i.e. normal incidence and 45-degrees). The complete procedure for the irradiation of a CR-39 sample required relatively little time and the results obtained-in agreement with others as reported in the literature-demonstrated that the Van de Graaff proton accelerator can find a useful application to the problem of neutron dosimetry using SSNTDs.