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Soil-to-Plant Transfers Factor of Natural Radionuclides in Groundnut Crops Grown on Soils with Different Levels of Background Radioactivity
The plant/soil transfer factors (TFs) of uranium (238U), thorium (232Th) and potassium (40K) were measured in groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) at five different natural background soils. The TFs (on a dry weight basi...
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Thermoluminescence of Dysprosium Doped Strontium Borate Glass for (NA, LI, CA) Modifiers Irradiated to High Dose 60CO
This article reports the characteristics of thermoluminescence (TL) dosimeter of dysprosium doped strontium borate glass for NaO, Li2O, and CaO modifiers imposed by 10–90 Gy dose of 60Co gamma ray irradiation. Th...
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Thermoluminescence Properties of Yb–Tb-Doped SiO2 Optical Fiber Subjected to 1.25 MeV Gamma Radiation
A thermoluminescence (TL) analysis was carried out to study the sensitivity and dose responses of Yb–Tb-doped SiO2 optical fiber subjected to 1.25 MeV gamma radiation. The results are compared with the commercial...
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Thermoluminescence characteristics of neodymium-doped silicon dioxide optical fibers subjected to X-ray
In this article, we investigate thermoluminescence properties of Nd3+ doped silicon dioxide optical fiber. The samples were exposed to 10 MV X-ray using a linear accelerator. The optical fiber was read out using ...
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Thermoluminescence characteristics of aluminium oxide doped with carbon and titanium co-doped subjected to 6 and 10 MV photon irradiations
In this work, thermoluminescence (TL) characteristics of powder form of polycrystalline aluminium oxide doped with 0.2 atomic percentage (at%) carbon (Al2O3:C 0.2 at%) and co-doped with two different concentratio...
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Thermoluminescence of LiF:Mg,Ti (TLD 100) Subject to 1.25 Mega Electron Volt Gamma Radiotherapy
Attempt has been made to investigate the thermoluminescence (TL) of LiF:Mg,Ti (TLD 100) chip irradiated with gamma energies of 1.25 MeV. The TL response increases over a wide photon dose range, from 1.0 to 10 ...
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Thermoluminescence response of ytterbium-doped silicon dioxide fiber
In this study, thermoluminescence properties of Yb-doped of SiO2 optical fiber such as linearity, sensitivity and dose response have been investigated. Samples were placed in the gelatin capsules to irradiate wit...
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Thermoluminescence characteristics of zinc lithium borate glass activated with Cu+ (ZnO–Li2O–B2O3:Cu+) for radiation dosimetry
Copper doped zinc lithium borate glass was prepared by solid state melt quenching method and characterized using X-ray diffractometry. The effect of varying concentration of dopant CuO on thermoluminescence (...
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Thermoluminescence response of multimode fluorine-doped SiO2 optical fibers and TLD 100 with 6 mega volt photon irradiation
This study investigates and compares the results of thermoluminescence responses, its linearity, sensitivity with various dose ranges and TL glow curve of Fluorine-doped silica fiber and TLD-100 materials. The...
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Rare earth elements determination and distribution patterns in granite rock samples by using INAA absolute method
This work determined elemental concentrations for rare earth elements (REE) in granite rock samples using the INAA absolute method. The accuracy of INAA absolute method was determined by analyzing two of USGS ...
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Thermoluminescence Response of Copper-Doped Potassium Borate Glass Subjected to 6 Megavolt X-Ray Irradiation
This study addresses the characteristics of Cu-doped and undoped potassium borate glass for use as ionizing radiation dosimeters by investigating and comparing the thermoluminescence responses, l...
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Gross alpha and gross beta activity in the products and by-product of amang tin tailings process
Gross alpha and gross beta activities were determined for mineral samples collected from five amang tailing factories. The measured activity of alpha ranged from 31 to 220,000 Bq kg−1 with an average 9,154 Bq kg
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Natural radioactivity and geological influence on subsurface layers at Kubwa and Gosa area of Abuja, Northcentral Nigeria
The concentration of 238U, 232Th and 40K in rock samples were analysed using gamma ray spectrometry. In Kubwa, the concentration ranges from 15 to 52 Bq kg−1 for 238U, 32 to 84 Bq kg−1 for 232Th and 119 to 705 fo...
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Structural properties of Zinc Lithium borate glass
Zinc Lithium Borate glasses of different composition were prepared with the aim of using it for thermoluminescence dosimetry. Melt quenching method was adopted in this process. Fourier transform Infrared (FTIR...
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Thermoluminescence properties of Yb–Tb-doped SiO2 optical fiber subject to 6 and 10 MV photon irradiation
This paper reports thermoluminescence characteristics of thermoluminescence dosimetry 100 chips and Yb–Tb-doped optical fibers irradiated with 6 and 10 MV photons. Thermoluminescence response of both dosimeter...
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Investigate the capability of INAA absolute method to determine the concentrations of 238U and 232Th in rock samples
This work aimed to study the capability of INAA absolute method in determining the elemental concentration of 238U and 232Th in the rock samples. The INAA absolute method was implemented in PUSPATI TRIGA Mark II ...
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Thermoluminescence of Ge- and Al-Doped SiO2 Optical Fibers Subjected to 0.2–4.0 Gy External Photon Radiotherapeutic Dose
In this work, we studied the thermoluminescence response of Ge- and Al-doped optical fibers, its linearity, energy dependence, and sensitivity. The Ge-doped optical fibers demonstrate useful TL properties and ...
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Determination of neutron flux parameters in PUSPATI TRIGA Mark II Research Reactor, Malaysia
In standardization NAA, it is necessary to characterize the neutron spectrum parameters such as epithermal neutron flux shape factor (α), thermal to epithermal neutron flux ratio (f), thermal neutron flux (φ ...
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Comparison of thermoluminescence energy response of optical fiber subject to photon irradiation between Monte Carlo simulation and experiments
This study is focused on energy response of Ge-doped silicon dioxide optical fiber subjected to photon irradiation. The TL responses for photon energies, ranging from 20 keV to 20MeV, were investigated as ener...
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Thermoluminescence energy response of TLD-100 subjected to photon irradiation using Monte Carlo N-particle transport code version 5
Useful TL properties of TLD-100 that is an excellent candidate for using in TL dosimetry of ionizing radiation are demonstrated. This study is focused on response of TLD-100 subjected to photon irradiation. Th...