AbstractPolycrystalline uracil thin layers participate in the phage and uracil response (PUR) experiment, assigned to the biological dosimetry of the extraterrestrial solar radiation on the International Space Station (ISS). In ground based experiments (experiment verification tests), the following space parameters were simulated and studied: temperature, vacuum and short wavelength UV (UV-C, down to 200 nm) radiation. The closed uracil samples proved to be vacuum-tight for 7 days. In the tested temperature range (from −20 to +40 °C) the uracil samples are stable. The kinetic of dimer formation (dimerization) and reversion (monomerization) of uracil dimers due to short wavelength UV radiation was detected, the monomerization efficiency of the polychromatic deuterium lamp is higher than that of the germicidal lamp. A mathematical model describing the kinetic of monomerization–dimerization was constructed. Under the influence of UV radiation the dimerization–monomerization reactions occur simultaneously, thus the additivity law of the effect of the various wavelengths is not applicable.
Biological UV dosimeters in simulated space conditions
Advances in Space Research ; 33 , 8 ; 1302-1305
2003-07-30
4 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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