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Microwave-induced Chemical Etching (MICE): A fast etching technique for the solid polymeric track detectors (SPTD): by Dr. S.P. Tripathy et al.

A novel technique for rapid etching of solid polymeric track detectors has been developed. Also popularly known as Solid Satate Nuclear Track Detectors (SSNTD). The new technology uses microwave heating technology to reduce the etching temperature by about 10 times! Etching is an inevitable step to develop the radiation induced latent tracks in solid polymeric nuclear track detectors. The most sensitive detector among the series is CR-39 (C12H18O7). The processing of the detector usually takes almost 4 to 6 hours for alpha track development. But with this micwave-induced chemical etching (MICE), the tracks are developed in about 10 minutes.

[|Microwave-induced Chemical Etching (MCE]] 07:16, 27 December 2009 (UTC)