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- Title
THERMOLUMINESCENCE RESPONSE OF NEW KCl<sub>x</sub>Br<sub>1-x</sub>:EuCl<sub>3</sub> SINTERED PHOSPHORS EXPOSED TO BETA AND GAMMA RADIATION.
- Authors
Bernal, R.; Cruz-Zaragoza, E.; Cruz-Vázquez, C.; Burruel-Ibarra, S. E.; Rivera-Flores, M. J.; Barboza-Flores, M.
- Abstract
Alkali halides crystals have been the subject of intense research for an understanding of their radiation-induced defects and luminescence properties. They exhibit noteworthy thermoluminescence (TL) properties when exposed to ionising radiation. Currently, these materials are grown employing expensive and rather complicated techniques. In this work, the results on the TL properties of new alkali halides phosphors fabricated by a simple and inexpensive procedure are presented. The samples were made by mixing KCI, KBr and EuCl3 salts, and compressing them at a pressure of 3.2 × 107 Pa during 3 min, followed by sintering at 700°C during 24 h under air atmosphere. The dosimetric response of the samples showed an increase with radiation dose in the 1.5-20.0 Gy dose range for beta and gamma radiation. The TL glow curves in sintered samples presented significant differences in their peak structures compared with monocrystalline samples, indicating that the nature of the trapping states and the recombination mechanisms may be different.
- Subjects
PHOSPHORS; POTASSIUM compounds; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; CRYSTALS; IONIZING radiation; SALTS; GAMMA rays; BETA rays; ENERGY levels (Quantum mechanics)
- Publication
Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 2006, Vol 119, Issue 1-4, p172
- ISSN
0144-8420
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/rpd/nci576