Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol.79, No.10, 1749-1755, 2001
Effect of fast neutrons and gamma radiation on cobalt-gelatin film
The real and imaginary parts of the dielectric constant (epsilon' and epsilon") were measured as a function of temperature at 10 kHz for a cobalt-gelatin film before and after exposure to different values of fast neutron fluences and gamma doses. The values of the ac conductivity were found to be affected to some extent by the type of irradiation in comparison with that of the unirradiated ones. However, the behavior of epsilon', epsilon", and ac conductivity seemed to be the same at higher and lower doses of both types of radiation. This behavior was also observed by comparing the calculated values of the activation energies for co-gelatin films before and after irradiation.