Published July 1975 | Version v1
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Series of high-sensitivity TL phosphors made from divalent-metal sulfates

Creators

  • 1. Department of Radiology, The Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27103

Description

A systematic survey of the thermoluminescence (TL) of rare earth activated sulfates of the form MeSO4:RE was made, where Me denotes a divalent metal and RE the rare earth. SrSO4:Tb3+ and BaSO4:Eu2+ exhibit very high TL efficiency following gamma irradiation, comparable to that of the most sensitive phosphors currently available for TL dosimetry. Due to their relatively high Z, these phosphors could prove useful as quality indicators for personnel dosimetry or for detecting very small exposures of low-energy x rays of a known quality

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1118/1.594182;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Medical Physics
Journal Volume
2
Journal Issue
4
Series
Med. Phys.
Journal Page Range
216-218
ISSN
0094-2405

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
6214971
Subject category
S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE; S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
BARIUM SULFATES; DOPED MATERIALS; EUROPIUM ADDITIONS; PERSONNEL DOSIMETRY; RARE EARTHS; STRONTIUM SULFATES; SULFATES; TERBIUM ADDITIONS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSEMETERS
Descriptors DEC
ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS; BARIUM COMPOUNDS; DOSEMETERS; DOSIMETRY; ELEMENTS; LUMINESCENCE; LUMINESCENT DOSEMETERS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; METALS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; RARE EARTH ADDITIONS; STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS

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