Study of thermoluminescence in turtle shell fossils using radiation dosimetry.

Autor: Ovhal DA; Department of Physics, R.T.M. Nagpur University, Nagpur, India., Samant B; Department of Geology, R.T.M. Nagpur University, Nagpur, India., Dhoble NS; Department of Chemistry, Sevadal Mahila Mahavidhyalaya, Nagpur, India., Mohabey DM; Department of Geology, R.T.M. Nagpur University, Nagpur, India., Dhoble SJ; Department of Physics, R.T.M. Nagpur University, Nagpur, India.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Luminescence : the journal of biological and chemical luminescence [Luminescence] 2020 May; Vol. 35 (3), pp. 332-340. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Nov 17.
DOI: 10.1002/bio.3731
Abstrakt: The present study describes for the first time thermoluminescence (TL) characterization of turtle shell. A fossil shell was collected from the Dongargaon area in the Chandrapur district of Maharashtra, India. TL was recorded and a comparative study of TL for the above material was performed to understand the special TL characteristics of the shell. The shell was irradiated with 60 Co γ-radiation to study its TL properties. The sample displayed two good TL peaks at 135°C and 255°C. A linear dose-response curve for the irradiated sample was produced for the dose range 0.79-28.5 kGy; this sample of turtle shell (fossil) may be useful as a high dose dosimetry phosphor in this range. This geological sample was further characterized using X-ray diffraction to confirm its phase structure and by scanning electron microscopy , Fourier transform infrared and wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy to determine morphology, vibration, and elemental composition as ppm or percentage of the sample, respectively. Kinetic parameters of the TL glow peak were calculated using three different methods.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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