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MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
Volume 127, Issue 1-2, Pages 305-309Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2011.02.017
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Proton irradiation; X-ray diffraction; FTIR; Viscosity; Mechanical properties; Polymers
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Makrofol-DE 7-2 polycarbonate is a class of polymeric solid state nuclear track detectors which has many applications in various radiation detection fields. In the present work, Makrofol samples were irradiated using different fluences (2.5 x 10(13) to 2.5 x 10(15) pcm(-2)) of 1 MeV protons at the University of Surrey Ion Beam Center, UK. The structural modifications in the proton irradiated Makrofol samples have been studied as a function of fluence using different characterization techniques such as X-ray diffraction, FTIR spectroscopy, intrinsic viscosity and mechanical properties. The results indicate that the carbonyl group (C=O) is the most sensitive group towards proton irradiation, where it degraded under irradiation up to 2.5 x 10(15) pcm(-2). This degradation is also reported by FTIR spectroscopy and enhanced the degree of ordering in the degraded samples as revealed by XRD technique. Additionally, this degradation decreases the intrinsic viscosity from 0.68 to 0.41 at 35 degrees C, indicating a decrease in the average molecular mass. Above 7.5 x 10(13) and up to 2.5 x 10(15) pcm(-2), the free radicals produced from scission are chemically active, can be used in chemical reactions that lead to the enhancement of the crosslinking process. Thus the proton irradiation in the fluence range 7.5 x 10(13) to 2.5 x 10(15) pcm(-2) led to a more compact structure of Makrofol polymer resulted in an enhancement in its mechanical properties. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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