Estimation of alpha exposure on CR-39 detector using a UV-VIS spectrophotometer.

This work is dedicated to study the possibility of using UV-VIS spectrophotometer, a non-invasive technique with a versatile applications that is being used to determine the optical properties of matter, to estimate the CR-39 exposure to alpha particles. CR-39 detectors were exposed to alpha particles from two different alpha sources: Am and radon gas. Tracks densities on CR-39 were determined using the traditional counting method by an optical microscope.