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Thermoluminescence Response of Copper-Doped Potassium Borate Glass Subjected to 6 Megavolt X-Ray Irradiation

This study addresses the characteristics of Cu-doped and undoped potassium borate glass for use as ionizing radiation dosimeters by investigating and comparing the thermoluminescence responses, linearity, sensitivity and dose response s of the two types of glasses. A number of samples based on xK2CO...

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Main Authors: Hossain, Imam, Shekaili, N. K., Wagiran, Husin
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Published: Springer New York LLC 2015
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TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/59015/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10812-015-0078-z
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spelling my.utm.590152017-01-30T03:33:02Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/59015/ Thermoluminescence Response of Copper-Doped Potassium Borate Glass Subjected to 6 Megavolt X-Ray Irradiation Hossain, Imam Shekaili, N. K. Wagiran, Husin TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) This study addresses the characteristics of Cu-doped and undoped potassium borate glass for use as ionizing radiation dosimeters by investigating and comparing the thermoluminescence responses, linearity, sensitivity and dose response s of the two types of glasses. A number of samples based on xK2CO3+ (100 – x)H3BO3, where 10 = x = 30 mol.%, have been prepared using a melt quenching technique. The amorphous phases were identified using X-ray diffraction (XRD). The undoped potassium borate samples 20K2CO3+ 80H3BO3(mol.%) and Cu-doped (0.5 mol.%) samples were placed in a solid phantom apparatus and irradiated with in X-ray tube under 6 MV accelerating voltage with doses ranging from 0.5 to 4.0 Gy. This beam was produced by the Primus MLC 3339 linear accelerator (LINAC) available at Hospital Sultan Ismail, Johor Bahru, Malaysia. The results clearly show the superiority of Cu-doped glass in terms of response and sensitivity to producing luminescence over undoped potassium borate glass. The sensitivity of Cu-doped glass is 6.75 times greater than that of undoped glass. Springer New York LLC 2015-03 Article PeerReviewed Hossain, Imam and Shekaili, N. K. and Wagiran, Husin (2015) Thermoluminescence Response of Copper-Doped Potassium Borate Glass Subjected to 6 Megavolt X-Ray Irradiation. Journal of Applied Spectroscopy, 82 (1). pp. 149-152. ISSN 2189-9510 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10812-015-0078-z DOI:10.1007/s10812-015-0078-z
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topic TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
spellingShingle TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Hossain, Imam
Shekaili, N. K.
Wagiran, Husin
Thermoluminescence Response of Copper-Doped Potassium Borate Glass Subjected to 6 Megavolt X-Ray Irradiation
description This study addresses the characteristics of Cu-doped and undoped potassium borate glass for use as ionizing radiation dosimeters by investigating and comparing the thermoluminescence responses, linearity, sensitivity and dose response s of the two types of glasses. A number of samples based on xK2CO3+ (100 – x)H3BO3, where 10 = x = 30 mol.%, have been prepared using a melt quenching technique. The amorphous phases were identified using X-ray diffraction (XRD). The undoped potassium borate samples 20K2CO3+ 80H3BO3(mol.%) and Cu-doped (0.5 mol.%) samples were placed in a solid phantom apparatus and irradiated with in X-ray tube under 6 MV accelerating voltage with doses ranging from 0.5 to 4.0 Gy. This beam was produced by the Primus MLC 3339 linear accelerator (LINAC) available at Hospital Sultan Ismail, Johor Bahru, Malaysia. The results clearly show the superiority of Cu-doped glass in terms of response and sensitivity to producing luminescence over undoped potassium borate glass. The sensitivity of Cu-doped glass is 6.75 times greater than that of undoped glass.
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author Hossain, Imam
Shekaili, N. K.
Wagiran, Husin
author_facet Hossain, Imam
Shekaili, N. K.
Wagiran, Husin
author_sort Hossain, Imam
title Thermoluminescence Response of Copper-Doped Potassium Borate Glass Subjected to 6 Megavolt X-Ray Irradiation
title_short Thermoluminescence Response of Copper-Doped Potassium Borate Glass Subjected to 6 Megavolt X-Ray Irradiation
title_full Thermoluminescence Response of Copper-Doped Potassium Borate Glass Subjected to 6 Megavolt X-Ray Irradiation
title_fullStr Thermoluminescence Response of Copper-Doped Potassium Borate Glass Subjected to 6 Megavolt X-Ray Irradiation
title_full_unstemmed Thermoluminescence Response of Copper-Doped Potassium Borate Glass Subjected to 6 Megavolt X-Ray Irradiation
title_sort thermoluminescence response of copper-doped potassium borate glass subjected to 6 megavolt x-ray irradiation
publisher Springer New York LLC
publishDate 2015
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/59015/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10812-015-0078-z
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