Properties of sintered amethyst pellets as thermoluminescent dosimeters

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 85-88

  Rocha, Felícia D G ^a   Oliveira, Mércia L ^a   Cecatti, Sonia G P ^b   Caldas, Linda V E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

^b Fundacentro   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amethyst; Dosimetry; High doses; Sintered pellets; Thermoluminescence

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RAYS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

RADIATION ENERGY;

DOSIMETERS;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; ROCK; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; X RAY;

CALIBRATION; GAMMA RAYS; MINERALS; RADIATION DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY; X-RAYS;

EID: 0037213328     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(02)00266-X     Document Type: Article

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