Effect of oxygen on gas emitted from polymer irradiated using Swift Heavy Ion beams

Atmosphere and dose effects on the SHI irradiation of atactic polystyrene

“…During the last twelve years, a collaborative program between Orano and the CEA has investigated different irradiation conditions and different polymers (Boughattas et al, 2016;Ferry et al, 2021a;Ferry et al, 2016b;Furtak-Wrona et al, 2019;Ngono-Ravache et al, 2015). Recent efforts have focused on developing tools allowing Swift Heavy Ions (SHI) irradiations: Ferry et al (Ferry et al, 2021b) for example, obtained results on polyethylene, polystyrene, and two types of polyurethanes, which were compared to the literature for irradiations under inert atmosphere (Chang and LaVerne, 2000). Results were then compared with those obtained and later on under oxidative atmosphere.…”