The thermoluminescent properties of natural calcium fluoride for radiation dosimetry

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 267, Issue 23-24, 2009, Pages 3640-3651

  Tugay, H ^a   Yegingil, Z ^a   Dogan, T ^b   Nur, N ^a   Yazici, N ^c  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ADIYAMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ak akent fluorites; Annealing of fluorites; Dose response; Fluorites; Heating rate; Recycling; Thermoluminescence dosimetry (TLD)

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; DOSE RANGE; DOSE RESPONSE; GLOW CURVE; GLOW PEAKS; HIGH-TEMPERATURE ANNEALING; LOW TEMPERATURE ANNEALING; OPTIMUM VALUE; PEAK INTENSITY; PHOSPHORESCENT MATERIAL; RADIATION DOSIMETRY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY;

ANNEALING; CALCIUM; CALCIUM ALLOYS; CALCIUM FLUORIDE; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; HEATING; HEATING RATE; IONIZING RADIATION; LIGHT EMISSION; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHORESCENCE; RECYCLING; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

FLUORSPAR;

EID: 71849090804     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2009.09.021     Document Type: Article

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