The effects of annealing and irradiation on the sensitivity and superlinearity properties of the 110 ° C thermoluminescence peak of quartz

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 554-564

  Polymeris, George ^a,b   Kitis, George ^b   Pagonis, Vasilis ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c MCDANIEL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Annealed quartz; Dose response; Predose technique; Quartz; Sensitivity changes; Thermoluminescence

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; IRRADIATION; QUARTZ; RADIOISOTOPES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

ANNEALED QUARTZ; DOSE RESPONSE; PREDOSE TECHNIQUE; SENSITIVITY CHANGES;

CARBON;

EID: 33646856827     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2006.03.006     Document Type: Article

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