Renewable bio-polymer based solid-state gamma radiation detector-dosimeter
OwnerRusi P. Taleyarkhaninventor
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Abstract
Methods of measuring a radiation dose implement and/or comprise measuring a first value of a mass of a sample, wherein the sample includes a polylactic acid (PLA) resin, and wherein the sample has been subjected to the radiation dose; immersing the sample in a solvent at a predetermined temperature for a first predetermined period of time; removing the sample from the solvent after the first predetermined period of time has elapsed; measuring a second value of the mass of the sample; and outputting a measurement of the radiation dose based on the first value and the second value.
Claims20
A method for measuring a radiation dose, the method comprising:
- measuring a first value of a mass of a first sample, wherein the first sample includes a polylactic acid (PLA) resin, and wherein the first sample has been subjected to the radiation dose at a testing area;
- immersing the first sample in a solvent at a first predetermined temperature for a first predetermined period of time;
- removing the first sample from the solvent after the first predetermined period of time has elapsed;
- measuring a second value of the mass of the first sample;
- and
- generating a first measurement of the radiation dose based on the first value and the second value of the mass of the first sample.
A method for mapping a radiation dose, comprising:
- preparing a plurality of samples, wherein the plurality of samples respectively include a polylactic acid (PLA) resin;
- subjecting the plurality of samples to a radiation environment;
- for each of the plurality of samples:
- measuring a first value of a mass of the sample,
- immersing the sample in a solvent at a predetermined temperature for a predetermined period of time,
- removing the sample from the solvent after the predetermined period of time has elapsed,
- measuring a second value of the mass of the sample, and
- determining a ratio of mass dissolved of the sample;
- and
- generating a map of the radiation dose based on respective ratios of mass dissolved for the plurality of samples and on respective locations within the radiation environment for the plurality of samples.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.