Synthesis,characterisation and dosimetric evaluation of MgB4O7 glass as thermoluminescent dosimeter |
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Authors: | Muhammad Bakhsh Wan Saffiey Wan Abdullah Iskandar Shahrim Mustafa Muastafa Salih Ali Al Musawi Nur Ain Nabilah Razali |
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Institution: | 1. School of Physics Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pinang, Malaysia;2. Malaysian Nuclear Agency, ALURTRON, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia;3. Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Al-Mustansiriya, Iraq |
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Abstract: | This study presumably reports the dosimetric properties of MgB4O7 glass system. A series of MgB4O7 glass samples with nominal compositions XMgO-(100-X) B2O3, with X?=?35, 40 and 45?mol% was successfully synthesied using conventional melt quenching method. The presence of broad humps and absence of any sharp peak in typical X-ray diffraction patterns confirm the amorphous nature of the synthesised glass samples. Good glass forming ability, 0.55, of the mixture resulting in a glass with excellent glass stability, 1.4, was observed. Thermoluminescence glow curve was observed to be simple with a single well defined dosimetric peak around 200°C. The dose response was found to be linear from 6?µGy to 0.5?kGy when irradiated to Cs-137 gamma rays. Considerably satisfying thermoluminescent (TL) characteristics suggests that the MgB4O7 glass could be recommended as a TL dosimeter. |
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Keywords: | Thermoluminescent dosimeter MgB4O7 glass melt quenching fading gamma cell |
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