a Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions, 141980, Dubna, Russia
b Institute of Physics and Power Engineering, 249020, Obninsk, Russia
c Karpov Physico-Chemical Institute, 249020, Obninsk, Russia
Abstract:
Registration temperature effect in two different polymers - poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) and polypropylene (PP) films - is investigated. Temperature effects on track formation are considered in terms of molecular mobility and relaxation transitions. The track eth rate is measured as a function of irradiation temperature in the range of 77 to 373 K. The obtained results are compared with the radical yields, radiothermoluminescence curves and thermally stimulated currents measured with the aim of detecting changes in the mobility of macromolecules and radiolysis intermediates. It is found that the change of the track etch rate with changing registration temperature correlates with γ- and glass transitions in PP and with β-and glass transitions in PET.