Development of radiation damaged nuclear tracks on Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) polymer as Solid State Nuclear Track Detector

: Exposure to energetic natural heavy nuclear particle activity in the home and workplace is one of the main risks of ionizing radiation causing millions of deaths from lung cancer each year globally. Other than lung cancer Renal effect (Nephrotoxicity), Neurological effects, Ocular effect, Body weight loss, Reproductive effect, Cardiovascular effects, Gastrointestinal effects, Hematological effects and various forms Cancer are observed for natural radiation exposure. For measuring these radioactivity in Pico Curie (10-12 Curie) range a polymer known as Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) is studied under different etching condition using solid state nuclear track detector technique under various experimental and conventional etching process and the nuclear tracks so formed are compared with conventional Allyl diglycol carbonate (ADC) films. From present study of nuclear tracks, it is observed that for different polymer, different etching solution is suitable for better track formation and further more that depends upon other variables like etching time and temperature. The conventional etching process with 6N NaOH yielded tracks in both allyl diglycol carbonate and Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS).