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AN EVALUATION OF NALIDIXIC ACID FILM AS A UV‐A RADIATION DOSIMETER
Author(s) -
Gobbs N. K.,
Young A. R.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
photochemistry and photobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.818
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1751-1097
pISSN - 0031-8655
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1983.tb04483.x
Subject(s) - dosimeter , nalidixic acid , radiation , materials science , irradiation , optics , monochromatic color , optoelectronics , fluence , radiochemistry , analytical chemistry (journal) , chemistry , physics , chromatography , biochemistry , antibiotic resistance , nuclear physics , antibiotics
Nalidixic Acid (NA)* incorporated into a polyvinyl chloride film has recently been proposed as a UV‐A radiation dosimeter. A trial, in which two different batches of NA film were exposed to both solar simulating and monochromatic 330 nm radiation is described. With both batches of film a linear relationship was observed between the UV‐A fluence derived from the NA film and the fiuence determined with conventional electronic radiometric equipment. There was, however, considerable batch variation in response to UV‐A radiation. Corrections may be made for batch differences. If the batch response can be standardized, our results would support the use of NA film as a simple routine method of measuring UV‐A radiation.