Abstract
Electron irradiation is a well known method in
polymer research for studying polymer structure
changes. Using an existing 6 MeV linear accelerator a
general irradiation facility has been built which is
especially suited for this purpose. The monitored dose is
variable between 5 and 300 kGy and may be evenly
distributed over the sample, with a typical size of
10x10x0.5 cm3. The linac macro pulse frequency is in
the range of 1 to 50 Hz and the maximum irradiation
duration is in the order of minutes. Regarding sample
conditions: the temperature can be controlled between
20 and 300 oC in an environment of pure nitrogen. The
control system has been modernised using a PLC
controller together with a visualisation program
(Intouchâ). Distributing the dose over the sample is
realised either by sweeping the beam in the vertical
direction using a bending magnet and moving the sample
in the horizontal direction, or with the help of a
permanent quadrupole magnet, inserted in the beam
guiding system.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | European particle accelerator conference (EPAC'96), 5th, Sitges, Barcelona, 10-14 June 1996 |
| Place of Publication | Bristol, UK |
| Publisher | Institute of Physics |
| Pages | 2699-2701 |
| ISBN (Print) | 0-7503-0387-5 |
| Publication status | Published - 1996 |
| Event | conference; EPAC 96 - Duration: 1 Jan 1996 → … |
Conference
| Conference | conference; EPAC 96 |
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| Period | 1/01/96 → … |
| Other | EPAC 96 |