Thermoluminescence (TL) properties and x-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis of high purity CaSO{sub 4}:Dy TL material

Journal Article · Wed Sep 03 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4895178· OSTI ID:22308903

Kamarudin, Nadira ^[1]; Abdullah, Wan Saffiey Wan; Dollah, Mohd Taufik ^[2]; Hamid, Muhammad Azmi Abdul ^[3]

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1. School of Applied Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi Selangor, Malaysia and Malaysian Nuclear Agency (Nuclear Malaysia), Bangi, 43000 Kajang, Selangor (Malaysia)
2. Malaysian Nuclear Agency (Nuclear Malaysia), Bangi, 43000 Kajang, Selangor (Malaysia)
3. School of Applied Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi Selangor (Malaysia)

This paper presents the characterization and TL properties of dysprosium (Dy) doped calcium sulfate (CaSO{sub 4}) TL material produced by co-precipitation technique with 0.5mol% concentration of dopant. The morphology of the produced TL material was studied using scanning electron microscope (SEM) and the micrograph shows that rectangular parallelepiped shaped crystal with the average of 150 μm in length were produced. The crystallinity of the produced powder was studied using x-ray powder diffraction (XRD). The XRD spectra show that the TL material produced is high purity anhydrite CaSO{sub 4} with average crystallite size of 74 nm with orthorhombic crystal system. The TL behavior of produced CaSO{sub 4}:Dy was studied using a TLD reader after exposure to gamma ray by Co{sup 60} source with the doses of 1,5 and 10 Gy. The glow curve shows linear response with glow peak around 230°C which is desired development in the field of radiation dosimetry.

• OSTI ID: 22308903
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1614, Issue 1; Conference: 2014 UKM FST postgraduate colloquium, Selangor (Malaysia), 9-11 Apr 2014; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

38 RADIATION CHEMISTRY
RADIOCHEMISTRY AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY
ANHYDRITE
CALCIUM SULFATES
COBALT 60
CONCENTRATION RATIO
COPRECIPITATION
CRYSTALS
DOPED MATERIALS
DOSIMETRY
DYSPROSIUM
GAMMA RADIATION
GLOW CURVE
IMPURITIES
MORPHOLOGY
ORTHORHOMBIC LATTICES
RADIATION DOSES
SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
THERMOLUMINESCENCE
X-RAY DIFFRACTION