Chemical dosimetry by UV spectrophotometry of aqueous ascorbic acid solutions,☆☆

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Abstract

The decrease in the ultraviolet absorption of aqueous solutions of ascorbic acid brought about by large doses of gamma radiation has been investigated as a means of developing a new chemical dosimeter. Because of spontaneous ring opening under various conditions after dissolution in water, some additives were examined as possible stabilizers against such denaturing of aqueous ascorbic acid. At an ascorbic acid concentration of 10-4 M, either 1 to 2% glycine or 0.2 M NaCl was found to be a good stabilizer. A mechanism of radiation chemistry has been proposed based on hydroxyl radical and hydroxyl adduct intermediates, leading to dehydroascorbic acid through the ascorbate complex. The optimum dosimeter solution (10-4 M ascorbic acid containing either of the two stabilizers) covers an absorbed dose range ≈ 50–350 Gy, when measured at 264 nm wavelength. The G-values for dehydroascorbic acid production were determined to be 2.94 ± 0.33 and 2.43 ± 0.11 (100 eV)-1, with glycine and NaCl used respectively as stabilizers.

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Supported in part under joint Egypt-U.S.A. Research Grant No. NBS (G)-200.

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