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Dosimetric Characteristics of a LKB:Cu,Mg Solid Thermoluminescence Detector |
Yasser Saleh Mustafa Alajerami1,2**, Suhairul Hashim1, Ahmad Termizi Ramli1, Muneer Aziz Saleh1, Ahmad Bazlie Bin Abdul Kadir3, Mohd. Iqbal Saripan4 |
1Department of Physics, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia 2Department of Medical Radiography, Al-Azhar University, Gaza Strip, Palestine 3Secondary Standard Dosimetery Laboratory, Malaysian Nuclear Agency, 4300 Kajang Selangor, Malaysia 4Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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Yasser Saleh Mustafa Alajerami, Suhairul Hashim, Ahmad Termizi Ramli et al 2013 Chin. Phys. Lett. 30 017801 |
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Abstract We present the main thermoluminescence characteristics of a newly borate glass dosimeter modified with lithium and potassium carbonate (LKB) and co-doped with CuO and MgO. An enhancement of about three times has been shown with the increment of 0.1mol% MgO as a co-dopant impurity. The effects of dose linearity, storage capacity, effective atomic number and energy dose response are studied. The proposed dosimeter shows a simple glow curve, good linearity up to 103 Gy, close effective atomic number and photon energy independence. The current results suggest using the proposed dosimeter in different dosimetric applications.
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Received: 24 September 2012
Published: 04 March 2013
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PACS: |
78.60.Kn
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(Thermoluminescence)
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78.55.Qr
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(Amorphous materials; glasses and other disordered solids)
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