Study of the conductivity of irradiated dielectrics
Vyacheslav V. Maslov, Н. В. Иванов, A.V. Shelenin · OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) · 1977
The processes of ionization of air, metals and dielectrics arising from Gamma irradiation are analyzed. The effect of these processes on the measurement of the electrical conductivity of the dielectrics which are irradiated is evaluated. The maximum current which can be carried by an ionized gas is proportional to the radiation dose, gas pressure and reciprocal gas temperature. It is much more difficult to define the voltage developing between the two metal objects exposed to ionizing radiation due to such factors as the variation in resistance with dose, difficulty in defining the coefficient characterizing the accumulated charge, which depends on the nature of the metal, its shape, thickness and many other factors. Results of a simple calculation are presented in tabular form for aluminum. In some cases the voltage which develops is proportional to dose, in other cases--to the square root of dose, in still other cases--somewhere in between. 3 tables, 6 references.