Internal α activity: localisation, compositional associations and effects on OSL signals in quartz approaching β saturation

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 44, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 494-500

  Burbidge, C I ^a   Dias, M I ^a   Prudencio M I ^a   Rebelo L P ^b   Cardoso, G ^a   Brito, P ^b  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO E NUCLEAR   (Portugal)

^b INETI   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Alpha; Component; Defect; Dose rate; Dose response; Impurity; Inclusion; Internal; Luminescence

Indexed keywords

ALPHA; COMPONENT; DOSE RATE; DOSE RESPONSE; INTERNAL;

CRYSTAL IMPURITIES; DECAY (ORGANIC); HYDROFLUORIC ACID; INCLUSIONS; IRRADIATION; LIGHT EMISSION; MAGNETIC SEPARATION; MILLING (MACHINING); NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

DEFECTS;

EID: 70249144992     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2009.06.007     Document Type: Article

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