Study of thermoluminescence response of purple to violet amethyst quartz from Balikesir, Turkey

Nur, N.; YEĞİNGİL, ZEHRA; TOPAKSU, MUSTAFA; Kurt, K.; DOĞAN, TAMER; SARIGÜL, NESLİHAN; YÜKSEL, MEHMET; ALTUNAL, VOLKAN; ÖZDEMİR, ALİ; Guckan, V.; Gunay, I.

doi:10.1016/j.nimb.2015.05.011

Study of thermoluminescence response of purple to violet amethyst quartz from Balikesir, Turkey

Nur N., YEĞİNGİL Z., TOPAKSU M., Kurt K., DOĞAN T., SARIGÜL N., ...Daha Fazla

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION B-BEAM INTERACTIONS WITH MATERIALS AND ATOMS, cilt.358, ss.6-15, 2015 (SCI-Expanded)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 358
Basım Tarihi: 2015
Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.nimb.2015.05.011
Dergi Adı: NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION B-BEAM INTERACTIONS WITH MATERIALS AND ATOMS
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.6-15
Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In thermoluminescence (TL) dosimetry, the phosphor amethyst quartz as a thermoluminescent, appears to be one of the materials arousing the highest interest. In this study the dosimetric characteristics of natural amethyst quartz crystals collected from Balikesir-Dursunbey (Turkey) were investigated for the purpose of determination of the general properties that phosphors should have in order to be useful for thermoluminescence dosimetry. The natural thermoluminescence was drained by annealing the powder samples at 450 degrees C for 1.5 h. The effects of high temperature annealing, dose response curves, glow curves after a postirradiation annealing, reusability of the samples and storage of trapped electrons in dark at room temperature were clarified through irradiating the samples with the desired exposures by Sr-90/Y-90 beta particles.