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Journal of Mineral and Material Science
[ ISSN : 2833-3616 ]


Radiation Induced Changes in Makrofol PCVM Polycarbonate

Research Article
Volume 3 - Issue 4 | Article DOI : 10.54026/JMMS/1046


Radiyah A Bahareth*

University of Jeddah, College of Science, Department of Physics, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Corresponding Authors

Radiyah A Bahareth, University of Jeddah, College of Science, Department of Physics, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Keywords

Laser; Makrofol; Optical Properties; Color

Received : September 20, 2022
Published : October 10, 2022

Abstract

Makrofol PCVM is a sort of Makrofol polycarbonate solid state nuclear track detector. It is worth mentioning that this paper is almost the first one that deals with the modification of the optical properties of this type of Makrofol under the effect of laser radiation. Samples from Makrofol PCVM were exposed to infrared pulsed laser with different fluences ranging from 15 to 125 J/cm2 . UV spectroscopic technique was used to obtain knowledge about the optical parameters that describe the samples under study. The changes of Urbach energy (Eu ), optical band gap (Eg ) and refractive index (n) with the laser fluence were investigated. Both Eu and n increased with increasing the fluence up to 125 J/cm2 , associated with a decrease of Eg values. These trends were assigned to the predominance of chain crosslinking that damaged the crystalline portion in the Makrofol polymer. Additionally, we used the CIE technique to calculate the color differences between the noncoloured pristine and the irradiated samples. The crosslinking created color centers that produced color difference between the exposed films and the uncolored pristine Makrofol film. The color difference was significant as the values of ΔE were greater than 5. This optimized the Makrofol polymer to be used in dosimetric applications.