Thermoluminescence study of Mn doped lithium tetraborate powder and pellet samples synthesized by solution combustion synthesis

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ÖZDEMİR A. C., YEĞİNGİL Z., Nur N., Kurt K., TÜKEN T., Depci T., ...Daha Fazla

JOURNAL OF LUMINESCENCE, cilt.173, ss.149-158, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 173
  • Basım Tarihi: 2016
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.jlumin.2016.01.013
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF LUMINESCENCE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.149-158
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Manganese doped Li2B4O7, Solution combustion synthesis method, Dose response, Energy response, T-m-T-stop, CGCD, LUMINESCENCE GLOW-CURVES, SINGLE-CRYSTALS, DOSIMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS, KINETIC-PARAMETERS, OPTICAL-PROPERTIES, BORATE, EU, GROWTH, IONS, EPR
  • Çukurova Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this paper, the thermoluminescence (TL) dosimetric characteristics under beta-ray, x-ray and gamma ray excitations of powder and pellet Mn-doped lithium tetraborates (LTB) which were produced by solution combustion synthesis technique were investigated, and the results were compared with that of TLD-100 chips. The chemical composition and morphologies of the obtained LTB and Mn-doped LTB (LTB: Mn) were confirmed by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) with EDX. LTB:Mn was studied using luminescence spectroscopy. In addition, the effects of sintering and annealing temperatures and times on the thermoluminescence (TL) properties of LTB:Mn were investigated. The glow curves of powder samples as well as pellet samples exposed to different beta doses exhibited a low temperature peak at about 100 degrees C followed by an intense principal high temperature peak at about 260 degrees C. The kinetic parameters (E, b, s) associated with the prominent glow peaks were estimated using T-m-T-stop, initial rise (IR) and computerized glow curve deconvolution (CGCD) methods. The TL response of integral TL output increased linearly with increasing the dose in the range of 0.1-10 Gy and was followed by a superlinearity up to 100 Gy both for powder and pellet samples using beta-rays. Powder and pellet LTB:Mn were irradiated to a known dose by a linear accelerator with 6 and 18 MV photon beams, 6-15 MeV electron beams and a traceable Cs-137 beam to investigate energy response. Further, TL sensitivity, fading properties and recycling effects related with beta exposure of LTB:Mn phosphor were evaluated and its relative energy response was also compared with that of TLD-100 chips. The comparison of the results showed that the obtained phosphors have good TL dose response with adequate sensitivity and linearity for the measurement of medical doses. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.